Life is choices
October 5th, 2006
A short, but interesting article about the difference between the ’scarcity’ and ‘abundance’ mindset.
Click here to read it…
A world of inequality
September 27th, 2006
From www.healthmatters.org.uk ….
Carolyn Stephens writes about our consume/waste lifestyles and the link between sustainable development and the developed/third world gap. Click to read “We must not go on like this”
Interview with economist Manfred Max-Neef
September 18th, 2006
From Big Picture TV (www.big-picture.tv)…
Manfred Max-Neef is a Chilean economist widely respected for his work on international development. In 1981 he wrote the book for which he is best known, “From the Outside Looking in: Experiences in Barefoot Economics.” It describes his experiences practising economics “as if people matter” among the poor in South America. In that same year he founded the Centre for Development Alternatives (CEPAUR). He is currently Rector of the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia. Read the rest of this entry »
Web Wednesdays
September 14th, 2006
Last night I had the opportunity to attend a web-marketing networking evening in London.Called Web Wednesdays, it’s held on the second Wednesday of the month. It was a brilliant evening, especially since Web Wednesdays celebrated its first birthday and there was some great chocolate cake for everyone! 
It was especially worthwhile since I met people who I can synergise with on a couple of projects I’m working on at the moment and am at a stage where I know I need some outside help. Well, I found it!
Check out the Web Wednesdays site at http://www.webwednesdays.com/
Cynergise on a roll
September 14th, 2006
The company Sol and I have created, Cynergise, is finally on a roll.
About a month old now, we’re taking on a few clients for various services we’re offering.
Now, if only we could get the Cynergise web site up!!
MS will beat Open Source
September 11th, 2006
2 professors from Harvard Business School have made a study of Open Source Software versus the traditional software structure and have found that open source will never take the lead in the software market, primarily due to the fact that software like MS Windows is so well established and also that companies like MS can afford to create pricing structures that are attractive to big companies.
What a shame since OSS has the right spirit driving it - not money but that of making quality software available for all, something MS has yet to learn what with all the bugs that every version of it’s software ships with.
More on this report here…
Interview with ‘Loose Change’ director Dylan Avery
September 6th, 2006
Loose Change is a documentary on 9/11 made by 3 college students in the US who found big holes in the news coverage of the day and the 9/11 Commission report.
This documentary raises a number of questions most of which have yet to be answered. Why is this important? The world changed drastically following that day and 2 wars waged on the back of it - we’re all affected and we should know why our lives are so different now than before 9/11.
The interview on YouTube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ZjJQWNQZog
‘Loose Change’ on Google Video - here
PlayStation 3 launch delayed for Europe
September 6th, 2006
Fresh off the BBC news site, Sony has announced that the European launch of their 3rd generation PlayStation games console will be delayed to March 2007!
The U.S. and Japan will still see the scheduled November launch.
MySpace to offer music downloads through store
September 6th, 2006
MySpace, the social networking site, with over 106 million users worldwide is to set up a digital music store for unsigned bands and artists.
Still in the works, this will give unknown artists a massive market to pitch their music to. According to MySpace, artists will decide their own pricing.
