Rob the Geek

Month: February 2009

  • Painting it Black

    You may have noticed a number of avatars turning black since the start of this week, this blackout is only a part of the actions planned during the recent FooCamp to draw attention to New Zealands impending copyright law changes. I’m going to use this post to bring some of the commentary on the subject […]

  • Foocamp Day Three

    This is part three of my three part coverage of FooCamp 2009. You can also read part one and part two for more. On the final day of foocamp there was only time for yet another delicious breakfast (gotta feed the brain/clear the hangover) and two final sessions. The wrap-up followed the second session and […]

  • Day Two of Foo

    This is part two of my three part coverage of FooCamp 2009. You can also read part one and part three for more. Again, this entry is written under the constraints of FrieNDA and will summarise only those observations which are non-attributable to anyone but myself. After the big brain squeeze yesterday, I kicked off […]

  • FooCamp 2009, Warkworth, New Zealand

    This is part one of my three part coverage of FooCamp 2009. You can also read part two and part three for more. Well – here I am at the 2009 FooCamp New Zealand it’s 11:30 as I start writing this piece and I’d say that things were winding down for the night but I’d […]

  • Expanding the mind

    I was discussing the consumption of information with a colleague this afternoon as he was telling me he, like I, has just started adding a bunch more RSS feeds to his reader in an effort to access different thinking above and beyond what we traditionally follow (i.e. dropping some of the IT specific feeds in […]

  • Installing Windows 7 (Build 7000)

    Wow. I’m in love again.. well, maybe – I’m certainly in LIKE! A few days ago I wiped out my gaming rig with the intention of installing the latest beta of Windows 7. The Beta was opened up around mid-January and attracted a LOT of attention, and downloads. Personally I grabbed both the 32-bit and […]