Comments for Ciaran's Random Writings http://ciarang.com Random things I've written about stuff Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on SlideType Keyboard and Yak Shaving by Little Sis' http://ciarang.com/posts/slidetype-keyboard-and-yak-shaving/comment-page-1#comment-22792 Little Sis' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:28:44 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=921#comment-22792 Sounds similar to the SureType keyboard that's on the BlackBerry Storm - the nice thiing about the Storm one is that when you press it the screen clicks a little so it still almost feels like a button press. x Sounds similar to the SureType keyboard that’s on the BlackBerry Storm – the nice thiing about the Storm one is that when you press it the screen clicks a little so it still almost feels like a button press. x

]]> Comment on SlideType Keyboard and Yak Shaving by Andy http://ciarang.com/posts/slidetype-keyboard-and-yak-shaving/comment-page-1#comment-22733 Andy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:29:58 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=921#comment-22733 What a great term yak shaving is :-) Thanks for explaining Slide Typing, great ideas often are because they work! I wonder if your phone is any good at voice recognition in terms of turning your speech into text... Anyway, perhaps the calculation to think of is how much time have you spared humanity with this... OK, it probably doesn't matter, it might not add up, but then you probably don't care. Cheerio. What a great term yak shaving is :-) Thanks for explaining Slide Typing, great ideas often are because they work! I wonder if your phone is any good at voice recognition in terms of turning your speech into text… Anyway, perhaps the calculation to think of is how much time have you spared humanity with this… OK, it probably doesn’t matter, it might not add up, but then you probably don’t care. Cheerio.

]]> Comment on Communicating With The Young by Weirdest Undreamt Use Case http://ciarang.com/posts/communicating-with-the-young/comment-page-1#comment-22687 Weirdest Undreamt Use Case Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:45:50 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=897#comment-22687 <strong>Ed Balls: He Loves His Fake Hoodie, He Does...</strong> CiaranG questions : How did we reach this sorry state where, in order to try and convince school children to stop bullying each other, it seems like a good idea to enlist the help of dubious role models who make a living pretending to be (or in t... Ed Balls: He Loves His Fake Hoodie, He Does…

CiaranG questions : How did we reach this sorry state where, in order to try and convince school children to stop bullying each other, it seems like a good idea to enlist the help of dubious role models who make a living pretending to be (or in t…

]]> Comment on New Exercise Regime by CiaranG http://ciarang.com/posts/new-exercise-regime/comment-page-1#comment-22141 CiaranG Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:02:29 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=887#comment-22141 Even though I know from experience that it drastically improves productivity, that knowledge can easily go out of the window when the going gets tough and you've got loads of work on. It's like the old story of the man frantically sawing away at a tree. When someone points out he'd get the job done ten times faster if he stopped and sharpened his saw he replies "I haven't got time for that, I'm too busy sawing down this tree." Even knowing this story doesn't help, hence the need to introduce playing with technology into the equation. Even though I know from experience that it drastically improves productivity, that knowledge can easily go out of the window when the going gets tough and you’ve got loads of work on.

It’s like the old story of the man frantically sawing away at a tree. When someone points out he’d get the job done ten times faster if he stopped and sharpened his saw he replies “I haven’t got time for that, I’m too busy sawing down this tree.”

Even knowing this story doesn’t help, hence the need to introduce playing with technology into the equation.

]]> Comment on New Exercise Regime by Lisa http://ciarang.com/posts/new-exercise-regime/comment-page-1#comment-22079 Lisa Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:20:05 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=887#comment-22079 This sounds like a fab idea and I wish my OH would try it... Although thinking about it he has recently self regulated into two longish periods of intense work activity per day separated by a decent period of recreation (game playing mainly) which has worked well for him. I will be interested to know how it affects your productivity - if it does good things then you won't want to give it up however busy you get :-) This sounds like a fab idea and I wish my OH would try it… Although thinking about it he has recently self regulated into two longish periods of intense work activity per day separated by a decent period of recreation (game playing mainly) which has worked well for him.

I will be interested to know how it affects your productivity – if it does good things then you won’t want to give it up however busy you get :-)

]]> Comment on More Books by CiaranG http://ciarang.com/posts/more-books/comment-page-1#comment-22000 CiaranG Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:09:40 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=783#comment-22000 Yeah, I'm pretty sure Mark's already read it. I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote it. Yeah, I’m pretty sure Mark’s already read it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he wrote it.

]]> Comment on Lord of Ignorance? by scott http://ciarang.com/posts/lord-of-ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-21999 scott Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:08:01 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=867#comment-21999 The whole eduction system is based to fit the current culture we live in. Its about getting a job and indoctrination of religion etc The whole eduction system is based to fit the current culture we live in. Its about getting a job and indoctrination of religion etc

]]> Comment on More Books by scott http://ciarang.com/posts/more-books/comment-page-1#comment-21998 scott Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:03:31 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=783#comment-21998 I would recommend that Mark reads Tom Hodgkinson – How To Be Idle, but having read it myself he is already Idle. Iain M Banks Matter is another good one, and most stuff from Iain M Banks is good. I would recommend that Mark reads Tom Hodgkinson – How To Be Idle, but having read it myself he is already Idle.

Iain M Banks Matter is another good one, and most stuff from Iain M Banks is good.

]]> Comment on feed2omb – A feed to microblog posting tool by The Microblog as an Information Hub · Ciaran's Random Writings http://ciarang.com/posts/feed2omb/comment-page-1#comment-21977 The Microblog as an Information Hub · Ciaran's Random Writings Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:39:37 +0000 http://blog.ciarang.com/?p=366#comment-21977 [...] sources already produce an RSS and/or Atom feed – these can be easily hooked up using feed2omb. For sources that produce output in the form of emails, Laconica will accept those directly, and [...] [...] sources already produce an RSS and/or Atom feed – these can be easily hooked up using feed2omb. For sources that produce output in the form of emails, Laconica will accept those directly, and [...]

]]> Comment on More Books by Andy http://ciarang.com/posts/more-books/comment-page-1#comment-21924 Andy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:04:31 +0000 http://ciarang.com/?p=783#comment-21924 Thanks again for the reviews Mr C. I'm glad you liked Permutation City... Let's swaps books again soon :-) Thanks again for the reviews Mr C. I’m glad you liked Permutation City… Let’s swaps books again soon :-)

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