#“Multiple Skype Accounts on one PC” How the hell am I only hearing about this now?"C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe" /secondary Would still prefer if it was like all the decent chat clients out there and had multi-accounts built into one UI. »
#"@Eircom, @VodafoneIreland and others need Twitter Status Accounts" I find that the @eircom account on Twitter is generally extremely responsive and is the fastest way to get an answer to questions. @VodafoneIreland is very good too. However, they both (and O2, Meteor, emobile etc) need to implement status accounts, either a global one each or regional ones. So rather than tons of people badgering them about outages (in particular), we can go to the status account and see what's going on. »
#“Who needs a Mac when you have Macbuntu and a paintbrush?” I'm at a technology workshop tomorrow and you can be sure most of the people there will have MBPs and Airs. In a desperate attempt to blend in, I have covered my old Dell D420 in a coat of Dulux Pure Brilliant White Gloss and installed Macbuntu. I'm sitting here looking at my messed up Ubuntu and giggling. »
#“See Amazon, I WANT to give you my money” Amazon on Android is a bad joke if you live outside of the US. Apart from a UK specific MP3 store, you are screwed everywhere else. So I was thrilled to get both their Android App Store and US MP3 Store working on my Irish phone this evening. (Hint: USUnlocked.com->Get US Credit Card->Create New US Amazon account->Set English-US on your phone->Buy initial apps on amazon. »
#“Make an image of a live XP machine and then run it elsewhere” I blogged recently about the pain of upgrading a machine from XP to Win 7 due to the dreaded Sage. So I've continued to hold off. But I just had a total brainwave for a potential solution and it looks like it is possible. I thought "what if I could snapshot the XP install some way using VMWare or VirtualBox? »
#“What new Irish Government Minister has been tasked with Open Government?” via data.gov.uk Short but great video of David Cameron on transparency and the right of people in the UK to Government data. It looked like something might happen here when the previous crew talked about a Government CIO/CTO and setup the Innovation Taskforce talking shop. Have any efforts started in the new Government? If so, by who? Not a snark, I genuinely want to know. »
#“I’m not a visual person but” I have to re-iterate that whoever moved the window controls in Ubuntu from RHS to LHS should be shot for crimes against UIs. Look how horrifically ugly Chrome looks in the place your eye is drawn to most often.As for brown and purple. The less said the better. »
#“IOIO for Android - Hardware Hackers Delight” via androidcommunity.com I've said it before and I'll say it again, Android is the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro of this generation. Google AppInventor nails it on the software side. Now check this out: A USB breakout board with software to control it. Think of the cool things you could build! Oooooh just had a thought. Google should buy MindStorms off Lego, integrate this IOIO, drop the price to $30 and send to schools everywhere along with AppInventor and a few dev phones. »
#“LinkedIn on Android is rather nice” Imagine if they integrated it into the Addressbook? When someone rang you, the phone could display: "Bob Bobson is calling, he is CEO of Bobby Enterprises and his last LinkedIn update is that he just sold the company for 15 Bobillion Dollars" or even better"Dick Dickson is calling from ITPeopleForHire, he has 6,000 connections on LinkedIn and you almost definitely don't want to talk to him". »
#“Imagine if Facebook Events allowed Apps for TV Shows” I was just reading how Facebook wants TV channels to create Events for their entire EPG. It's an absolutely superb idea and one that could seriously challenge Twitter's dominance of live TV watching.I would also be thrilled to see Late Late Show Friday and Sports Saturday disappear off to dedicated pages on Facebook instead of cluttering up my Twitter stream. The story is a little confused between Events and Places. »