Archive for September, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-09-23

1229 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

back in the office, clearing the way towards more SAP data processing…. #
lunch #
@chuckstar76 @edbrill Sorry guys, but a Bounty right now with my cafe after lunch would be perfect! #
can’t seem to login to Sametime, no errors, nothing! Wierd! #
Retweeting @pedrorq: @stuartmcintyre flakey W word… hmmm… Windows? LOL! How true! #
@monkchips You bet! I can’t wait! Just 3 months left before my 2 weeks “New Dad Leave”, plus might take some additional days! #
@stuartmcintyre hey! nothing wrong with the Cheeky Girls! #
@stuartmcintyre Thats harsh! LOL! #
@pedrorq yes, udberite!! ;-D #
@pedrorq You know where your dinner’ll be if SWMBO sees that last comment! #
@stuartmcintyre nah! no intention to! lol! #
RT @monkchips: Note to Apple: there is absolutely no justification for making iTunes mess with Outlook DLLs. seriously that is bullshit. … #
@stuartmcintyre its even better when it comes with the “save the trees” icon! #
@belgort Enjoyed your photos of Balitmore, interesting to see what you saw. I have some here http://flickr.com/photos/siscu/tags/baltimore/ #
@aspender Ouch! I’ll have the camera for you then! Boy does it look exciting! #
@belgort re LoLA, check @edbrill’s blog…. #
@belgort re Flickr, is their stylesheet loading for you? Its borked over here #
updated my email signature to the new corporate standard, no trees harmed! #
a big “hola” to my latest follower @DavidMTaylor, good to have you along sir! #
@094459 I missed a word, “mandatory” should have been in there somewhere…. #
Excel just crashed, and PC whitescreened for the second time today, at this rate not going to get anything done #
need to reboot again…. :-/ #
@scastledine are you refering to “your team’s *autumn* BBQ”….!? #
@benedictpoole @stuartmcintyre @mattwhite nope, afraid it just has to be RaspberryJam! #
Retweeting @blankbaby: “Canon has Nikon to keep it on the straight and narrow… who does Apple have?” Good question, google, OSS, M$? #
@stuartmcintyre not such a good strategy from a consumer perspective, competition == innovation, the EOS 5D Mark II sounds a huge leap fwd #
I’m done for the day, off to see what the family has been up to this afternoon #
@ccrowson yes, fantastic advert for the camera, though the list of lenses used is rather frightening! Check out the chap’s blog for details #
finally managing to work on getting some photos uploaded to Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/siscu/ #
uploaded some more photos from my trip to NYCback in May, yes, I’m way behind! http://www.flickr.com/photos/siscu/ #

Twitter Updates for 2008-09-23

1229 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

back in the office, clearing the way towards more SAP data processing…. #
lunch #
@chuckstar76 @edbrill Sorry guys, but a Bounty right now with my cafe after lunch would be perfect! #
can’t seem to login to Sametime, no errors, nothing! Wierd! #
Retweeting @pedrorq: @stuartmcintyre flakey W word… hmmm… Windows? LOL! How true! #
@monkchips You bet! I can’t wait! Just 3 months left before my 2 weeks “New Dad Leave”, plus might take some additional days! #
@stuartmcintyre hey! nothing wrong with the Cheeky Girls! #
@stuartmcintyre Thats harsh! LOL! #
@pedrorq yes, udberite!! ;-D #
@pedrorq You know where your dinner’ll be if SWMBO sees that last comment! #
@stuartmcintyre nah! no intention to! lol! #
RT @monkchips: Note to Apple: there is absolutely no justification for making iTunes mess with Outlook DLLs. seriously that is bullshit. … #
@stuartmcintyre its even better when it comes with the “save the trees” icon! #
@belgort Enjoyed your photos of Balitmore, interesting to see what you saw. I have some here http://flickr.com/photos/siscu/tags/baltimore/ #
@aspender Ouch! I’ll have the camera for you then! Boy does it look exciting! #
@belgort re LoLA, check @edbrill’s blog…. #
@belgort re Flickr, is their stylesheet loading for you? Its borked over here #
updated my email signature to the new corporate standard, no trees harmed! #
a big “hola” to my latest follower @DavidMTaylor, good to have you along sir! #
@094459 I missed a word, “mandatory” should have been in there somewhere…. #
Excel just crashed, and PC whitescreened for the second time today, at this rate not going to get anything done #
need to reboot again…. :-/ #
@scastledine are you refering to “your team’s *autumn* BBQ”….!? #
@benedictpoole @stuartmcintyre @mattwhite nope, afraid it just has to be RaspberryJam! #
Retweeting @blankbaby: “Canon has Nikon to keep it on the straight and narrow… who does Apple have?” Good question, google, OSS, M$? #
@stuartmcintyre not such a good strategy from a consumer perspective, competition == innovation, the EOS 5D Mark II sounds a huge leap fwd #
I’m done for the day, off to see what the family has been up to this afternoon #
@ccrowson yes, fantastic advert for the camera, though the list of lenses used is rather frightening! Check out the chap’s blog for details #
finally managing to work on getting some photos uploaded to Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/siscu/ #
uploaded some more photos from my trip to NYCback in May, yes, I’m way behind! http://www.flickr.com/photos/siscu/ #

links for 2008-09-23

1230 days

by Simon Scullion in Links

ESME: anatomy of a community based project

Describing the mechanics of any project is tough, especially if you're an insider. Detailing what's happened with ESME is particularly challenging because it is unlike any other project in which I have participated. At this stage (and remember we haven't yet gotten to the first TechEd), anything I say is preliminary and tinged with the sort of caution that any 'beta' release' brings.

Regardless of anything else, of one thing I am 100% certain. ESME is a case study in the power of community, the dynamics that can emerge, the value of active cooperation between 'suits' and 'geeks' and the results that are possible. Put another way, how else might the germ of an idea emerge to become a functional application in less than three months without the benefit of community?

(tags: ESME SAP community project management)
lbenitez . Luis Benitez . Socialize Me: A PoC that went downhill

some recommended practices for a social software PoC

(tags: socialsoftware PoC bestpractice)
Viglen – Product Range – XUBUMPCL

The spectacular new MPC-L from Viglen is a compact PC designed for basic functionality such as web browsing and office applications. £99 gets you the basic box with a 40GB Hard Disk and a special preinstalled version of Xubuntu Linux. With no internal fans, the MPC-L is silent in operation and remarkably small, but its size isn't an obstacle to functionality with integral SXGA graphics, 10/100 Ethernet and multimedia audio. There is a wide range of compatible peripherals to choose from, such as a keyboard with USB port or a cradle to mount it to the back of any VESA monitor.

(tags: viglen compact pc ubuntu xubuntu)

Twitter Updates for 2008-09-22

1230 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

Monday morning and in the office….. #
updated Pidgin, cannot avoid the Windoze updates reboot much longer though… #
trying to get my comments added to an internal ideation event, lot to comment on, not enough time!! #
must be lunchtime #
having updated to the beta of Adobe AIR on my Ubuntu box, @twhirl updated fine #
now running 2Gb of RAM here at casa Scullion, big difference! #
might now be able to work in the Gimp on some photos for you all! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-09-19

1233 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

Notes 8 just crashed on me sending an email #
@jaysolo LOL! Oh, that ominous silence, its amazing how loud it is! #
@sdownes1972 enjoy the hols, meanwhile I’ll be back to full time next week, argh!! #
try out the IBM Mashup Center in the Lotus Greenhouse http://tinyurl.com/58b4xq #
cool, Notes 8 recovered my unsaved email I was sending when it crashed! #
big Hola to all my latest followers, picked up a few recently, latest being @web20work #
@mjmosher an invite to the Greenhouse is on its way #

Twitter Updates for 2008-09-18

1234 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

building wiki content to help demonstrate its capabilities #

Twitter Updates for 2008-09-17

1235 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

in the office for the afternoon, after taking the little’un for school day 2. I think I could get used to being a stay at home Dad! #
not enjoying anything about what I am having to do right now #
@stuartmcintyre nah, just feeling grumpy and down, like I’m sat under a big black cloud! #
@juanangelovi has capturado algunos angulos de Oviedo muy interesantes, gracias por compartir! #
✔ Just found TwitterKeys ☛ http://tinyurl.com/5hpf4f ☺CooL! #
@bbunderground use scribefire for blogging, yes #
@SteveRichards Nice article, though the amount of effort and focus invested by each team member is very much an individual thing… #
@SteveRichards frameworks and tools are great, but it only takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel #
@SteveRichards Yep. Which is why I think a collaborative culture is more important than the tools. Tools just make it easier, more effective #
finally getting round to importing holiday photos from the camera #
tagging over 1000 photos in f-spot is taking time, need that new memory! #