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5 Relaxation techniques every geek can use

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Work can all too often take over our lives outside the office with various ways to ’stay connected’.
However, I encourage you to make your office hours more productive by offering the following relaxation techniques every geek can use.. try the following tips that I use, you may find they will allow you to see things differently and achieve your work/life goals more successfully and more effectively.

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SxSw08 Wrap Up

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Well, the creme de la creme Web Design and Development Conference in Austin, Texas certainly lived up to its formidable reputation.

And it’s hard to put into one blog post an event that encompasses so many aspects of the web, real time social networking, some marketing, and a lot of partying with new friends.

SxSw 2008

One interesting statistic was that it was thought 20% of America’s iPhone users were at SxSw. There were a lot of iPhones, and Apple products everywhere you looked. It felt like being part of a community just by having similar gadgets with these folks.

I really loved the openness of the event, it’s true - you can sit next to a Vice president of Yahoo! on one side and an A list web celebrity on the other.

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Most Visited Sites of 2007

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

The 5 essential sites that I visited everyday in 2007

Flickr > Reading comments about my pics, and looking at my contact lists latest photos.
Delicious > For finding links i had forgotten.
Twitter > Microblogging for the masses connected community.

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Geek Cider Thing - Tasting Notes

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Following a successful evening spent with fellow geeks at the ‘Geek (insert drink name here) Thing‘ at Brunswick Square, I wanted to provide a follow up with tasting notes and further links to encourage you to research Cider in your own time, and who knows it may even become one of your favourite hobbies too!

The actual event started off by eating apples..

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