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Putting the Mo in Movember

Help Mo raise money for worthiest of male charities! The fight to save me from prostate cancer. Movember is on in full swing and I will be sporting the most dashing (creepy) of moustaches for the cause.

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iCal, Outlook and Exchange! Oh my …

It amazes me that we are nearing 2011 and with all the cloud computing, integrated software, open standards and social networking, the last missing key to the puzzle is calendaring.

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A week with an iPad

So I recently got an iPad temporarily for 1 week. I installed all the apps I can’t live without on my iPod Touch, with their respective iPad friendly version. My initial feelings about the iPad were quite positive, and the experience was a lot of fun. But as the week went on, I felt like the iPad was a little more than a toy or luxury item than a tool and necessity.

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Communication with the non-connected

The number of ways to contact and communicate with people these days is ridiculous. Personal blogs, social networks such as Twitter and facebook, work and personal email, phones, text messaging and instant messaging!

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When toys start to look like tools

I always saw the iPad as toy I would get to satiate my need for new technology. But my conversations with some around the airport leads me to believe that it’s very practical for travelling, and a very useful tool! The question is, can I buy an iPad as my main mode of computing, or will I have to get me a new MacBook pro? Or am I gonna get both. Hmmmm!

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Being social sans the network

It’s become a very normal thing to get several invites via LinkedIn or Facebook to become someones contact a day or two after you meet them. More often than not, you wont see that person again, or not for a long time, but you will see their lives unravel before your eyes as long as they are in your social sphere. The question is though, how much do you know these people really? Even when you know every mood they’ve had, every picture they are in, and every event they are going to!

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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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Engage, Communicate, Learn

Creating a successful web and social applications is quite the multifaceted adventure. There are great ideas, great design, great technologies, and great implementations. But the ones that become popular have a lot in common. And the ones that win do those things well. They engage and communicate with, and most importantly learn from their users.

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Developing API based social media applications

When it comes to social media applications, the Facebook platform is king, and many developers have to face the decision of developing within the Facebook platform, or outside using Facebook Connect. With rise of social media sites and open API’s eg: Twitter, LinkedId, Myspace, which is the best way to take your latest and greatest social idea?

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Privacy in the new decade

Social media and the openness of sharing is bringing us all closer together, and putting our relationships and actions in the forefront. The question is, where are we going with all this? Have we had a better or worse experience with this transparency, and what will it mean to our privacy in the new decade?

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