Author: nickjones

Arrived home, in the UK, from LIFT06 to discover that Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s book has arrived, delivered from Amazon, Frankfurt, Germany. Pity it didnt arrive before LIFT as it would have been good to get it signed by Robert. Now just need to read it and see how it compares to their original […]

For all those of you, including me!, who where fans of Robert Scoble’s link blog. Here is its latest reincarnation at del.icio.us I met Robert at LIFT06 where I mentioned my enthuasism for del.icio.us, my page at del.icio.us is here although it can also be seen, with all my blogs on the superglu mashup here […]

Xavier has just finished his talk, here at LIFT06, The ordinarys people revolution. He has introduced two new words:- Transformactors are people who transform human action into an algorithm.Consumactors are doer’s who takes an unfinished product eg ipod easyjet and complete it. He highly recommends a book by Alain de VulpianFrom a rigidly regulated mass […]

Interesting talk tonight with Anina, the French blogging model, at the LIFT06 pre conference drinks party in Les Enfants Terribles here in Geneva. As reported previously, her French agency has issued some sort of ultimatum on the lines of stop blogging or stop modeling. Apparently in modeling you have a ‘mother’ agency who in turn […]

Amazing story of a visitor to The Fitzwilliam museum who tripped on his shoelace and smashed three priceless Qing vases. from the Cambridge Evening News.

So Tesco didnt buy Albertsons (see my previous entry here) which is good news for Tesco shareholders here in the UK. A US based retailer Supervalu did instead as part of a consortium which seems to make a lot of sense to me. Good story here including a glance at the problems Walmart seem to […]

Neat idea this:-Entrepreneurial-minded wedding photographers John Andrews and Eric Hegwer have added “iPod Proofs” to their services, featuring custom-engraved his-and-hers video iPods with music, photos and slideshows of your wedding, including all photos they make. (Hence, proofs. A better name, I think, would be iPod Keepsakes.) Fits in with my idea of establishing a franchise […]

Awesome picture (who took it, I wonder?)Yep, this is pretty much what you expect — a book about pee. Not just peeing anywhere, but peeing all over the place. New York, Miami, Shanghai, and other worldwide locales get the business in photographer Ellen Jong’s Pees on Earth: A Pissin’ Mission.

The veteran US soul singer Wilson Pickett has died, aged 64, after suffering a heart attack in Virginia. His management company said that he had been in poor health for the past year. Born in Alabama, Pickett shot to fame in the 1960s, with hits including In The Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally. I remember […]

Mia sent me a link to what colour should my blog beYour Blog Should Be Blue Your blog is a peaceful, calming force in the blogosphere.You tend to avoid conflict – you’re more likely to share than rant.From your social causes to cute pet photos, your life is a (mostly) open book. and yes it […]