Ethics, Secrets and Lies

Often i may using publicly available data infer or guess other details that may or may not be true. I see no problem with sharing those inferences or analysis with people that have the same access to facts as myself provided i am clear that those are inferences and opinion and are not fact.  I may at some point learn some secret that confirms or denies my opinions, but that does not effect the opinions that i share if asked by those not privy to the same confidential information. I will not lie. and thus sometimes may chose silence or feigned ignorance.  I may at times nudge people to talk together, or suggest directions for investigation or development based on perceived shared goals. While i may at times be seen as an instigator I believe that my legacy is as a facilitator. I refrain from doing harm, except where it is necessary. I don’t take sides. I come to an opinion and choose where to stand. Wether that is in the same place as others is a consequence of that judgement. I will state as fact information I know to be untrue.

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All the stories have been told…

…how long until all the apps have been written?

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Cool Pacman Android eating apples t-shirt

http://www.cafepress.com/thmeremp.462786494#

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ebay – the best gadget shop in the world

Recently I had to try and recover files from a pc that had a faulty CPU/motherboard combo.  Initially I was planning on opening another system and swapping the drive. But then I got to thinking wouldn’t it be great if there was a cable to connect an IDE device to a USB plug. I looked on ebay and found such a gadget existed, ordered and delivered for under £10 and all files safely recovered.

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The devolution of a piece of string to iPhone 4.0 by Hot4Words

From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5-H1NcxExo&feature=digest

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Everything happens for a reason

Some people quote “Everything happens for a reason” as though destiny has our lives predestined on rails. I prefer to think of it the other way, that whatever happens it should be our goal to find the best outcome and maybe by doing that we create reason where none existed before.

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Meeting efficiency

Meeting efficiency is inversely proportional to the log of the number of people.

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App Inventor for Android

App Inventor for Android. reminds me of HyperCard, VisualBasic and of course LegoMindStorms.

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Self Service Checkouts

After a long day at work, I do not want to have to spend an additional 5 minutes pretending to be a checkout guy, and I really do not want to do it for free.  As a paying customer is it to much to expect to be SERVED by a human being?

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Learning from others

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
Groucho Marx

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