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Greed for speed

March 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off

After my nasty lesson with Google Accelerator you think I would have given up on my obsession with speeding up my Internet connection. Unfortunately, there’s nothing like the tantalizing lure of speed and power to blind even the most cautious of web surfers, especially if your Internet connection is agonizingly sluggish. It’s not surprising then, […]

Tags: technology

Writer’s challenge #1

March 17th, 2007 · Comments Off

As promised in my last post, here is a little segment I’m going to call…(insert drum-roll here)…THE WRITER’S CHALLENGE! Will you muster your courage and face the cunning challenge I’ve set before you? Here it is: I am holding an object in my hand. Guess what the object is by reading it’s patent description. Let […]

Tags: technical writing · technology · the writing challenge · writing

Google Accelerator killed my website

March 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Wordbit has been down for the count for a few days due to an experimental Google app I unwisely installed. So, just in case you were thinking of trying out one of the apps in Google Labs, think again. Google Accelerator ostensibly speeds up your Internet browsing by diverting web pages through their servers. The […]

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Are iPods losing their ‘coolness’?

February 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off

There is no denying that the iPod has become part of our popular culture. What started as a neat toy for Mac users blossomed into a fashion craze for young urban hipsters. These cool urbanites identified each other not with secret handshakes but by the white ear-buds that had become the icon for ‘coolness’. The […]

Tags: marketing · technology

What does your business card say about you?

February 21st, 2007 · Comments Off

Business cards are so ubiquitous these days, but not many people consider how much of an impression their card really makes. Well, with the exception of some Asian cultures (In Asia the exchange of business cards is ritualistic – The reciever takes the card respectfully with two hands and studies it carefully before placing it […]

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