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The Email Charter

The Email Charter

10 Rules to Reverse the Email Spiral 1. Respect Recipients’ Time This is the fundamental rule. As the message sender, the onus is on YOU...

Stop the Traffik!

Stop the Traffik!

Stop the Traffik is a global coalition working together to help stop the sale of people, to see the traffickers prosecuted and to protect the...

Quadrocopter Ball Juggling

Quadrocopter Ball Juggling

In the ETH Flying Machine Arena, these “quadrocopters” flit around almost effortlessly, constantly self-adjusting to try and keep the ball in the air. Theres something...

Textbook…

Textbook…

Last week two of the igoo team Jack and Amy went back to school. Not for re-sits (although those French GCSE grades could’ve been better)...

I don’t hate Macs, but they do give me a syncing feeling

I don’t hate Macs, but they do give me a syncing feeling

They make you feel good, Apple products – until you try to do something they don’t want you to do.. Full article from Charlie Brooker...

IE9 is downloaded more than 2.35 million times on first day

IE9 is downloaded more than 2.35 million times on first day

The release on Monday of Internet Explorer 9 by Microsoft, was downloaded just over 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours, according to Microsoft....

Pepsi Reveals World’s First 100% Plant-Based Bottle

Pepsi Reveals World’s First 100% Plant-Based Bottle

No doubt motivated in part by rival Coca-Cola’s unveiling of its Plant Bottle, which contains up to 30 percent bio-based material, Pepsi have just announced...

iPhone WordPress app

iPhone WordPress app

Just getting to grips with the iPhone wordpress app. It’s pretty straight forward to setup, just login with you user name and password and your...

Police.uk Crime Map Launched

Police.uk Crime Map Launched

Yesterday Police.uk launched an amazing new service that lets you search last month’s crime statistics in any specified area of the UK and displays them...

The Joy of Statistics

The Joy of Statistics

Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and...

R.A. Mashelkar on “Ghandian” Design

R.A. Mashelkar on “Ghandian” Design

Amazing TED talk about ultra-low cost product design by by R.A. Mashelkar. Especially liked the concept of disruptive innovation. via ted.com.

Quote from Charles Darwin

Quote from Charles Darwin

It’s not the strong, nor the intelligent who survive, but those who are quickest to adapt.