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A Personal Invitation to the GTD Global Summit: a conference you can’t afford to miss

Posted on January 29, 2009 by admin

As you may know if you’ve read this site previously, I work for the David Allen Company as the Editor of GTDtimes, the community hub for all things GTD.  David, the author of both “Getting Things Done: the art of … Continue reading →

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iPhone Phones Home, Tells Everything

Posted on December 20, 2008 by admin

Caveat: I am not a developer so what I am about to reveal may or may not be news to the developer community.  Nevertheless, this is not something that I was aware of previously and I have not seen any … Continue reading →

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Lance Armstrong’s Second Comeback: stuff of legends or death of one?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Oliver

Well, it appears it is official, Lance Armstrong, the uncontested best Tour de France rider ever with 7 tour victories has announced his intention to return to the sport with the goal of competing in the 2009 Tour de France. … Continue reading →

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Floyd Landis and the Magic Water Bottle: Part III

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Oliver

Editor’s Note: Here’s the long-awaited third installment to my series on Floyd Landis and his epic Tour de France and subsequent doping controversy. While I don’t claim to have all the answers, I do have a unique perspective that is … Continue reading →

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CAS Refuses to Hear Landis Appeal. Positive Doping Verdict Upheld.

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Oliver

So ends one of the most ludicrous, unfair, illegitimate and biased trials in the history of professional sport. According to CNN, a three person committee meeting in Lausanne Switzerland has issued a 58 page ruling denying Floyd’s request to be … Continue reading →

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Want a Limited Edition Nokia N96? Now’s Your Chance!

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Oliver

Nokia just launched this new site announcing the very limited availability of their newest multi-media computer, the amazing N96.  We’ve been hearing about this phone since 3GSM…the specifications are basically mind-blowing.  It’s the N95 on steroids, growth hormone, speed and … Continue reading →

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AP/Blogger Solidarity Post – The Zac Browser for Autistic Children

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Oliver

Note: This post is in response to Jeff Jarvis’ suggestion that all bloggers repost substantially all of any AP story to show solidarity and support for their fellow blogger, Rogers Cadenhead’s community-created Drudge Retort, after it was aggressively threatened by … Continue reading →

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Joikuspot Launches New Mapspot Service.

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Oliver

The folks at Joiku, the company that has developed the revolutionary Joikuspot software that lets you turn your Symbian Series 60 device into a mobile wi-fi hotspot have done it again. This time they’ve built on their Joikuspot platform by … Continue reading →

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Is OLPC a Fraud?

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Oliver

Back in December of 2007 I took OLPC – the One Laptop Per Child project up on it’s special year-end offer. This offer included two laptops: one which would be donated to a country in need of the devices to … Continue reading →

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TwitterFone Goes Live

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Oliver

TwitterFone, a new service that allows you to post to Twitter via voice by calling a number on your mobile phone has just been lit up. The application is currently in an invite-only beta so if you want to use … Continue reading →

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