Month: March 2007
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taking the plunge, mobile web access
In my post about the BBC story on ‘The rise of technology addiction’, I mentioned I didn’t have access to the web from my phone. Well, now I do. My wireless carrier was offering a plan that included more minutes and unlimited web access–so I figured I’d try it out. I still don’t have any…
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open source to multiple versions
If you aren’t familiar, activeCollab has been an open source alternative to Basecamp. I just saw the post “Status update followup” on the activeCollab blog and it sounds like this project is going the same way many others have — to commercial product with a reduced-functionality open source version. In June, 2006 when the activeCollab…
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BBC story on ‘The rise of technology addiction’
When I read this BBC News article, my first thought was “I can stop at any time.” “One major consequence of this phenomenon is that the line between work and private life is much more blurred, now that e-mail and phones provide a 24-hour link between employers and staff.” [see BBC News full article] All…