JAOO 2009 booked!

Just a short note away from my vacation. I’m going to be at the JAOO 2009 in Aarhus, Denmark so if anyone is going, could you just buzz me at summerrainx [at] gmail [dot] com I’m getting ready for some Java OO and .NET.

Welkom to the European Social

Europe has its own set of social media companies and Mashable has a nice write-up on them. Previously I wrote about Mendeley, and the next best thing I see in there is… Yunoo! Seriously I’ve been watching Mint.com for a while and it totally irritates me that it is only based in the USA. And …

Totally untwitterific to me!

So I woke up and today there have been talks about Google acquiring Twitter. I hope that it is not true. Scobleizer says don’t do it, and I say please don’t do it. Because it won’t be the first time Google acquired something “Social Networking” and screwed it up. A few examples: (1) Google’s shot …

Twitterbucks

Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter How to get money from Twitter… Yes I know, its so annoying but I’ve gone back to Twitter for goodness knows what reason. — I’m getting sick so just enjoy the comic! Read here: Grappig.

IEEE vs Mendeley

In my absence from the Web over the last few years, I was actually attempting to graduate from university with an MSc. Plus I wanted a job in a real company which valued me, and I wasn’t entirely sure if any company wanted to hire someone who kept talking about the Web or technologies or …

Apple the black Sheep

I could write a lot of things about Apple. I own an Apple MacBook, two iPod Touches, an Airport Express. Been to two Apple WWDCs and the Leopard Tech Talk. But today I’m just going to talk about why Apple succeeded. The first Apple I owned was a Macintosh Classic, then it was the LC630, …

Why I like Seth Godin

Some time ago, I think 5 years, when I was at some forum, I was told Al Reis and Warren Buffet would be speaking – LIVE. Of course back then I had no idea who they were. Yes I was that clueless! Now I know Warren Buffet is one of the most richest men in …