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Alpha Geek, Imagineer, Hacker for Good.
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At the moment Joe writes weekly bullet lists about what keeps him busy.. also, ideas, lifestyle design, music, entrepreneurship and how to change the world.
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Quick Update
Twenty two bottles of wine on the wall.. or added to the house’s recycling system this week.. Monday, meeting with Tim about the NSBI (new scary big idea).. I suspect he thinks I’m a bit nuts, camera shopping, Audi meeting … Continue reading
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How to start a business
Figure out what service you are currently buying from somebody where.. something pisses you off and you figure you can do it better, a niche, something you are passionate about, a new focus (value layer abstraction), a new category, where … Continue reading
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Lateral Leap Work Ethic
I had a chat with Andrew Rens after the first OSA meeting last week. I’m not sure how we got on this topic. I think he was comparing the California work ethic to a 9-5 clock-watching work ethic. Andrew spent … Continue reading
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Quick Update
Ola. Monday, tea, rusks, Andy made porridge, puppet show, tea and cupcakes at A is for Apple.. we like the cute lady that works there, aquarium visit, gym, swim, dropped Mia off, Steers burger.. real bachelor food, to the office.. … Continue reading
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Joe on ITWeb
I was quoted in an ITWeb article: Come and get it! The licensing battle has been won. The next battle is spectrum.
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Quick Update
Mostly an Open Spectrum week.. Monday, tea with Sven, new OSA website look and FB group, burger at Jamaica me Crazy with Jonathan. Join the Open Spectrum Facebook group to show your support for progressive and efficient frequency spectrum management … Continue reading
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Some ideas will just inevitably succeed
A while ago I attended a Heavy Chef meeting where the social media people from the DA and ANC talked about their projects. It struck me that some battles are just easier to fight.. some ideas are easy to sell. … Continue reading
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New Problems
Problems you never imagined you would have.. At age 4 little girls can’t go to the mens dressing room at the gym. What now? Well, it turns out the solution is to use the disabled persons’ dressing room. A bit … Continue reading
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Quick Update
Captains log, stardate 20090607.. Yes, yes.. this is very late.. this is actually from the first week in June. Monday, mostly an ISPA and WAPA day, Mouille Point walk.. bumped into Joerg, nice home cooked dinner, watched Pirates of the … Continue reading
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Two Good Ideas
1) There should be no VAT on books in South Africa. Somebody start a Facebook group. Spread the word people.. to tax books in an education challenged country is not a bright idea. Muppets. 2) An SMS in South Africa … Continue reading
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Vendor Summary
I went to this Westcon Data Centre technology workshop thing this morning and listened to a few vendors give their data centre strategy presentations. The very short and sweet summary: 3com : Plumbing Cisco : Arrogant Juniper : Carrier Class … Continue reading
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