http://www.flowersofvanity.net THE THOUGHTS OF Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:58:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This book is well worth reading if you work with email and digital tools all the time. I was pleased to see that I use the same technique for getting through all my emails. All in all it is excellent and a nice quick read too. http://bitliteracy.com/ http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2007/07/25/bit-literacy-by-mark-hurst/ Having watched and enjoyed 1-5 I was worried that there would be nowhere for the programme to go. I was wrong :) Everything is still fantastic - well produced, acted and written. And I don't even have to wait to watch the next episode!! I can't believe how many people stil haven't ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2007/07/01/24-series-6/ Whilst I love my Nokia N95, this looks amazing - damn 18 month contracts :) http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/guidedtour.html http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2007/06/27/iphone-tour/ Sorry for the lack of updates on this blog, it has been a very busy time over the last six months. I will be posting up more often and very soon there will be a new Buffalo site for you to interact with. Slap me if I don't keep updating ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2007/06/27/poor-blogger/ Our new project is now close to going live, currently in private beta the site has been a lot of fun to create. Essentially Rememble is an easy place to put stuff you'd like to keep even if you don't know exactly why. It's an online service that empowers you ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2007/06/27/rememble/ I thought that I would post up some of the tools that I use and links off to their sites. I mostly use open source or great quality shareware now as I found the cost vs. usage of a program like Dreamweaver just wasn't worth it. Basecamp Overall we use Basecamp ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2007/01/08/my-tools/ Something strange has happened over at Adobe! The new CS3 icons are interesting to say the least. They are stirring up a lot of opinions around the web. In all honesty I thought the Photoshop CS3 icon was purely for the beta! My main problem is ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2006/12/22/cs3-icons/ After playing around with the new beta I am very pleased! It screams on my MacBook Pro and makes me remember how quickly things are meant to work. With Rosetta emulation you can get used to making a coffee between simple tasks! If you haven't downloaded it give it ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2006/12/22/photoshop-cs3-beta-intel-mac/ Having fully recovered from the event I thought I would make a few notes. Firstly the conference was great, fantastically organised, great venue, good speakers and amusing parties. Day 1 I missed the first session as my train was late, but I heard it wasn't that great. I got straight ... http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2006/12/11/flash-on-the-beach-06-2/ Just putting the finishing touches to this design - should be up and running fully in the next few days. I will be posting up thoughts, observations and other tomfoolery over the coming months :) Dan http://www.flowersofvanity.net/2006/10/30/hello-world/