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As a project manager, it's essential that I take notes during meetings. I'm a big fan of an A4 notebook, with each meeting on a new page, written in pencil or ink. The advantages are that it's cheap, robust, in date order and it's easy to refer back to previous meetings. The big disadvantage is that it's difficult to share
US company Booktrack has just released a new concept onto the literary market - ebooks with a sound track. Yes, you read that right, ebooks with a sound track. To quote from their website, "Booktrack represents a new chapter in the evolution of storytelling, and an industry "first" in publishing, by creating synchronized soundtracks for e-books that dramatically boost the
Looking for a cool and geeky DIY project? Then this 555 Timer IC footstool might be just the thing for you. Imagine a small little chip scaled up thousands of times and you've got a something that would make a perfect footstool. Here it is and that's the actual chip in the foreground. Put together by the guys'n'gals over at
If you feel that white headphones mark you as just one of the herd, and that black headphones are a bit dull, then you'll want to check out MIYA headphones, because these come in more colour combinations than you can possibly imagine. Each set of headphones has 18 colour changeable parts and you can build your own headphones from the
I love these entrepreneurial websites such as Kickstarter. It's a vicarious pleasure in seeing other people's ideas and helping these people succeed by investing in their products. I found a new one today - Quirky - which I think takes the idea development to the next level. Quirky refer to it as a "A Socially Developed Product (TM)" and they
As I was out for a short walk today, I came across this tracked and remote controlled grass cutter working on grassy bank. To be fair, I don't pay much attention to agricultural news but the last time I saw anything like this, it was looking for explosives in Baghdad. To get an idea of the scale, it was about
I sometimes think that between KickStarter and Etsy anything that can be imagined, will become reality... Today's funding opportunity from KickStarter are B-Squares, a 3D modular solar powered energy system that connects up using magnetic and electrical contacts. There's solar cell square, a rechargeable battery square, an Arduino square, an LED square and iPhone charger square. The more squares you