Archive for April, 2009

Week In Review

Posted 18 April 2009 | By admin | Categories: General | No Comments

Here are some things that caught my attention this week: Tweetie for Mac comes out on Monday, April 20th. I’m pretty excited about this one. After trying Tweetdeck, Eventbox, and Nambu, I’m hoping Tweetie succeeds where the others have failed. London Street Fashion is a pretty cool site that shows fashion photos from different parts [...]

Geek is the New Rock

Posted 09 April 2009 | By admin | Categories: Culture, Technology | 2 Comments

…at least that’s what I was told last night at Ignite Cardiff. It’s hard to describe exactly what Ignite is or who it’s aimed at, but let me briefly try to explain.

Basically, a presenter is given 5 minutes, 20 slides at 15 seconds per slide, and can talk about anything they want. Last night there were 11 presenters with topics ranging from the truly geek (“Drupal”) to the truly philosophical (“Change”).