Archives for March, 2008

ING Direct not good enoughPosted on March 31, 2008

I have had ING direct accounts since they first launched in Australia - maybe about 3 years or so. I use them for savings as well as my “tax accounts”. I’ve never noticed as I’ve always accessed them from PCs but their website sucks from a Mac, on both Firefox and Safari.
It takes me [...]

Tags: random thoughts

Flickr adds find-your-friends functionalityPosted on

Flickr just launched a feature to help you find friends in your gmail, hotmail or yahoomail address book.
It’s great functionality as Flickr is only really fun when your network are all using it - there’s no point in uploading photos if noone is going to leave smart-arsed (or sometimes nice) comments and notes all [...]

Tags: innovation

What about the white kids?Posted on March 27, 2008

(Hat tip - Bannerblog)

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Cheaper than a sky-writer I guessPosted on March 25, 2008

You really know an app has come into its element when there is a marraige proposal via the tool.

I know I am an early adopter and a geek but I guess I’m a bit old-fashioned in that I like my proposals to be face to face and more than 140 characters.
(via Mashable)

Tags: random thoughts, twitter

Losing the google lovePosted on March 18, 2008

I’m going through an interesting question in my mind at the moment.
I’ve just returned from getting married and I’m changing my last name in “real life”. That is a pain in itself (you’d think banks had never had to deal with this before) but it presents me with an interestion situation online. I’ve been active [...]

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