31stOctober
Was reading Noah Kagan’s blog, and he had a great idea for a business… kinda sad though 
Friday Free Business Idea: 1 Minute Motivation at Okdork.com
It gave me a great business idea:“A person you can call at anytime for 1 minute of motivation”
Think of this as phone sex 2.0. This person you can call at anytime for some positive words and help in getting you feeling awesome.
26thOctober
Yesterday, I started putting stuff into my diary so that I could find a free weekend to go to pearl beach with friends and I discovered that from next weekend until my birthday (April 17 2007) I have basically no free weekends (of the 3 free ones 2 are almost certainly subject to change and the other my extended family are up at pearly).
I guess its now time to attack mid-week solutions (bearing in mind that I can’t miss more than 1 training session and certainly not a friday before a regatta or a wednesday time trial).
Well, I guess this …
24thOctober
Check out this letter (standard issue) I got from MP Andrew Humpherson wishing me the best for all (nill) of my HSC exams.
Yeah, I know I am smug about this but it is the current HSC people who I will be envying for the next few years starting in 3 weeks (they get holidays, and some go on to uni with massive holidays).
And no one needs to point it out, yes I know I have been slack with the blog lately.
Cheers,
Luke
18thOctober
Well, it’s about time and great news! Google is starting to use its massive grounds to generate electricitiy for its massive computer power. Once installed it will be able to serve 30% of their maximum power usage.This is a great step and they are publicising the fact that they are actually saving money… which is something that needs to be publicised to many organisations so that they don’t use the old “it’s to expensive” excuse.Looking forward to taking more steps to take care of the beautiful planet we have been blessed with!
14thOctober
This is the sweetest thing you’ll ever see, damn I love that kind scenery!
Sometimes in business you have competitors that love to mimic and copy all of your moves. The worst part about this is that it makes it hard to show your potential customers the benefits of your product compared to your competitor’s product. So what do you do when this happens to you? You can do something so drastic and unexpected that they have no choice but to stop copying you.
GREAT, FUNNY VIDEO! http://www.youtube.com/v/N3dlYWfNVl8
12thOctober
Face it, convergence is inevitable. Do I know what Apple has up their sleeves? Absolutely not. I do have suspicions and sometimes I’m right and sometimes I’m surprised. I do think that the iPod, or possibly an entirely new product line based off my theory, is coming to MWSF 07.
Apple will make an uberdevice. They will succeed where others have failed in this category, and once again cause a paradigm shift in the consumer electronics market. Yes those are big bold statements, and I say these things because of Leopard technologies combined with the growing Mac market, and the utter …
11thOctober
In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and
thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of
your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states,
commonwealths, and territories (excepting Kansas, which she does not
fancy).
Your new prime minister, Tony Blair, will appoint a governor for America
without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be
disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine
whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown
Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
You …
Really good Jakob Nielsen article on Particpation, just a few quotes:In most online systems, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action.Promote quality contributors. If you display all contributions equally, then people who post only when they have something important to say will be drowned out by the torrent of material from the hyperactive 1%. Instead, give extra prominence to good contributions and to contributions from people who’ve proven their value, as indicated by their reputation ranking.Signal-to-noise ratio. Discussion groups drown in flames and …
