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September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m back from 2 weeks working overseas and 2 weeks holidays. Had an amazing time and will be back blogging at full pace soon.
I miss all my geek pals and geek projects and am fully charged and ready to get back into it.
More news shortly.

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I’m Using In Flight Internet Right Now

September 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

in flight internet

Originally uploaded by bigmick

The World Just Changed
Wow!!!!
I’m on board next to a Six Apart guy and he pulls out this brochure from the seat folder thing and it says;
Wi-fi with Wings - Gogo
“WHAT???”
“Inflight Internet”
“No way!!!”
So for $12.95, I’m blogging from the clouds between [...]

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Good Guide, Great Product

September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

good guide - no iphone?

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Good Guide launched a few minutes ago and it’s amazing. They research thousands of products and you can search to see if they are good or evil from an environmental, community, responsibility, niceness point of view.
Wow.
Very [...]

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Roelof Botha Preaches Focus

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen - Safety Pin

Originally uploaded by Marshall Astor - Food Pornographer

The panel format here at TechCrunch 50 #tc50 is really useful. You get to see a good demo, then here smart, experienced people deconstruct it.
There has been a lot [...]

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Boyd, Kaplan, Saad Wisdoms

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

BRT_2873

Originally uploaded by Bryan Thatcher

Great dinner last night in San Francisco with some good tech people. Great wine, great Thai (Basil on Folsom) and great talk.
Dan Kaplan was there (in real life for the first time) and gave some to-the-point insights. I get the feeling [...]

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Mission San Francisco

September 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

big ugly sunglasses

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Yes, Phil is right, I am chomping up San Francisco. OK, I’ve only been here a few hours, but already a few big ticks.

Buy some big ugly $15 sunglasses (it’s California!) - Tick!

Drop into Citizen Agency - Tick!

Get some hugs [...]

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Sydney Coworking Update: Slothness

September 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Sloth in the Amazon

Originally uploaded by Praziquantel

Very quick update on the very slow progress.
The space we’re looking at apparently didn’t meet power regulations and weeks have been wasted in the testing, thinking, arse scratching, waiting, thinking, fixing, etc.
(Apparently most of the power issues [...]

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Mick in San Francisco, New York and Barcelona

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Barcelona Sagrada Familia

Originally uploaded by Wolfgang Staudt

I’m taking off this Saturday. I’m heading for TechCrunch 50 in San Francisco, some work in New York, some work in Barcelona and some not-work in the rest of Spain and maybe Andorra.
Mick’s Trip
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503 Service Unavailable - Is techcrunch down?

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

503 Service Unavailable - Is techcrunch down?

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Is it just me, or did TechCrunch just go down?

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Are you Optimisitic or Pessimistic?

September 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Caution: Beware of Descending Boom

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I saw this sign on a boom gate today and was struck - not by the boom gate - but by the fact that all is going really well at the moment but there is a foreboding sense [...]

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