I’ve recently became a massive fan of Twitter.
You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/LouisinLondon
I also found a nice tool to put your Twitter updates on your blog which is really useful:
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I have been on a Two month Adventure filled holiday to New Zealand, Australia and Thailand and have had the time of my life.
I’ve tried to keep posting a few Twitter updates and below is the history for the past few days.
If you would like to follow my adventures follow me at www.twitter.com/LouisinLondon
LouisinLondon: Retweeting: @LisaHartwell Fantastic story about harnessing Twitter + your own charming personality
to grow a business http://bit.ly/3SJl
LouisinLondon: Remarkably, Internet access is readily available in Thailand although there isn’t even a proper drainage system where I visited today. Weird
LouisinLondon: Only 7 Days left until I’m back in London. Hooray, and a feeling of loss… of freedom. For now at least. 3 Niches, 2 business plans ready.
LouisinLondon: Sorry for not responding to some new Followers, I will check you out when I’m away from these gorgeous beaches and cocktail bars. Until then
LouisinLondon: Flying to Bangkok for last night in Thailand until returning to the cold and snowed over London. Freaky London weather! I want another trip.
LouisinLondon: @fromtheold Sorry to hear about the Hi-Jacking in South Africa. Safety is the main reason I decided to rather start travelling the world.
fromtheold: @LouisinLondon How do you do that?
LouisinLondon: Bought 4 different “Evolution” T-Shirts today in Bangkok, From a chicken ending up on the Grill, to the Top Evolutionized human kicking ass!
LouisinLondon: I met a couple this weekend who moved to Turkey (where they get 20% interest on their money), “retired” at 42, and now travel the World.
LouisinLondon: @fromtheold I’m still working on being able to live mobile (to the degree I would prefer) using the internet as the main income stream…
LouisinLondon: I would like to live/work from:
South Africa (Feb,March)
Australia (April, May,)
London (June->Aug)
Barcelona (Sept,Oct)
Thailand (Nov->Jan)LouisinLondon: London Heathrow has opened again for Long Haul flights so I can return from Thailand… :-/ Would not have minded stretching it a few days.
LouisinLondon: Sunny , gorgeous and cold today in London as theres snow everywhere. Big contrast to the beach in Thailand yesterday. Good start to 2009.
LouisinLondon: Welcome to @ChrisDJMoyles who have recently found out about Twitter. Amazing DJ on capitol FM in London.
LouisinLondon: Hi Tweeple.
Feels good to have access to all my IT systems again although the Beaches of Thailand was better… Wwwork to do. Money to …
Some of you might know that in a previous lifetime…Well, actually only a few years ago, I was a clown, magician, juggler, Stilt-walker, fire-breather and a few more things.
All of this was nice, mainly because it paid for my education, and put me in contact with VERY interesting people.
So, trying to make use of the “knowledge” I gained throughout my experiences, I’ve started answering some questions on Yahoo Answers, and I will also be setting up a few websites, starting with one about Halloween costumes.
I’ve spent a few weeks creating a site called www.Halloweens-Costumes.com which is mainly about:
Here’s a Quick Screenshot of it: www.Halloweens-costumes.com
Read more…
I found this cool post about Trick Photography that you can use this year for your kids or friends in their Halloween Costumes
I also realised it is only 40 odd days until Halloween so its time to start looking for something Geeky but trendy enough…
Haven’t really been ably to find any other ideas for trick Photography online … so will probably buy the book that the blog post suggests.
Any Idea?
Please put the links in the comments.
BT has just release a new Report on Internet usage and trends called 21st Century Life Index.
A major report commissioned by BT reveals how communications have changed over the past ten years and illuminates what consumers expect from the next generation of technology
Time Spent Online 2008
It goes on to explain how reliable Broadband access has changed the face of shopping in the UK, how we are entertained and organize our lives.
In particular the survey, which was carried out by BT in conjunction with Ipsos MORI, highlights the significance of broadband’s arrival in the UK and confirms that fast, reliable internet connections have changed the lives of many of us forever.
Indeed, according to the report’s findings, Britain has become a nation of online shoppers. Half of us are regular online shoppers (compared with just two per cent a decade ago), a quarter of internet users in the UK have bought or sold items on auction sites like eBay, and a third have used online product or service reviews.
Other findings show that 44 per cent of internet users now feel it is easier to influence the media and politicians thanks to the internet while talk of a credit crunch is encouraging more and more of us to start using online price comparison tools in a bid to save money.
It also shows that in 1998 , out of the test group, 81% of people haven’t bought ANYTHING from the internet, where the 2008 percentage is only 22%.
You can get the whole report from BT’s website.
I’ve had a skype chat last night, with a friend that I haven’t seen for ages.
Funny enough after an hour or so, the discussion about Windows vs Mac OS X came up, and dare I say it, I just backed down, *gracefully.
Working with Windows (just about all the version) on a daily basis for support, but also doing research using Mac OS X platform and having an iMac and MacBook for my home use, it’s sometime difficult to explain in our own words WHY so many of us nowadays choose to use Macs .
Lets hear what previous CEO of Microsoft had to say about it:
Microsoft LOVES the Mac
Additionally a lot of people don’t know that the Microsoft Products on the Mac has ALWAYS surpassed the version on Windows when it comes to functionality, ease of use, and plainly just looking and working awesomely (except for Entourage – a Exchange client which only works well with newer Exchange 2003 + Servers)
Microsoft doesn’t want people to know many of their developers also work on Macs.
“Oct. 30, 2003 – Michael Hanscom admits it probably wasn’t the best idea. He thought the photo on his personal blog of Apple computers being offloaded at a Microsoft loading dock might get a couple of smirks from friends. He never imagined it would cost him his job.”
Read the whole story
Vista is not so bad after all.
I have to admit, the only Windows Operating system I have some respect for is Vista (but I will not install it on ANY machine in my lifetime…) Can anyone say SLOW… the reason it requires some respect, is the same reason it irritates everyone, IMPROVED security (but did they have to do it in such a nagging manner?.
To be honest , it is not Microsoft’s fault, Developers COULD have followed the best practices for Coding secure applications that do not require Admin rights, and Vista would have seemed been a lot better.
Last but not least
Built in features:
And lastly, I found this video of Steve Jobs commenting on what his gripes are with Microsoft.
Having been both a Mac and PC user for quite a few years, I have to agree with Steve 100%.
I’ve recently started using the Flock Browser because it was recommended to me by one of the many SEO and Web monetization courses I have been doing over the past few months.
For those of you who haven’t heard of Flock, it is a browser that is based of the popular Firefox.
It was specifically created to make it so simple and easy for average users to access their Facebook, YouTube and various other social and web 2.0 services.
After using it for only 20 minutes I was hooked!
Why you should use Flock:
I am sure there are many more features that I have probably not even tried, but will probably be lost without them in a few months.
I am at the point now where I have all my social sites open with flock, hidden in the System tray with PowerMenu, and have firefox running all my normal job sites.
Its strange sometimes that you think everything is fine, until you find out there is something much better!
The web without Flock for me is like Gmail without GoogleTalk notifier.
