Monthly Archives: December 2007
Windows XP on the Eee PC
But why the hell would you want to? http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/07/eb_eee_pc_with_xp/ It’s just so damn wrong! You have an OS that’s fast, clean, small and efficient… and you go through the pain of the installation process to instal and OS that’s slow, dirty, takes up an inordinate amount of space and is just plain nasty… if you … Continue reading
Laptop for the road
I’ve spoken before about my search for a good laptop for the road. For some time I’ve been really excited by the ASUS Eee PC – a fabulous small laptop that hits all my major concerns. It’s cheap, small, has flash based memory, and because it is so cheap I wont be crying if it … Continue reading
One Laptop Per Child
I’m very fortunate to be in LA right now – the last few days I’ve been in San Francisco. Bragging aside, today I’ve had a chance to play with one of the final units of the One Laptop Per Child scheme over lunch here at the TTI Vanguard Nextgen Technologies conference. The interesting thing is … Continue reading
Innovation… mmm
So innovation… it’s a rather odd word. You can’t turn around right now without hearing in every direction – “How can we be more innovative?” But if you have to ask that then your pretty screwed already. It’s easy to be innovative within an organisation where it’s expected from day one. GE for example thrives … Continue reading
San Francisco
So I’m in the states and hitting the tech world hard… well… mainly I’ve been harassing Tom Coates until he tells me everything he knows about the city and where I can get a decent cup of tea (turns out there isn’t one). But actually that really does seem to be the only bad thing … Continue reading
