Google Notebook Replacement

I was gutted to find out Google Notebook is being retired. I've used Google Notebook for everything from house hunting to technology research. I liked quickly saving something for later consumption, or was often happens, coming across something when you are looking for something else together. I know what I mean :)

After doing a very brief look-see at alternatives, I've decided to try out Evernote, mostly because it is available for web, desktop and my phone, but also because it recently won the Tech Crunch award for best mobile startup, as well as the open web awards.

Installation was dead easy - watch this space as I report back on importing my Google Notebook data and how it feels from usability and usefulness.

Tweeting, twittering and other Laconic bird noises

Yes, the world has been atwitter awhile. Most geeks or otherwise technically inclined happening dudes and dudettes have been using Twitter for a while. IBM even has their own internal microblogging facility, BlueTwit.

The likes of CNN and other media giants have long been using microblogging to source stories and clues. Last night's CNN BackStory featured how they used Facebook and Twitter to source info on the horrifying shooting in Germany.

What I didn't know until very recently is that there are several options to Twitter, both in terms of microblogging platform as well as social network. My favourite discovery so far is Laconica, mostly because I love all things open source but also because I think the name is just way cool :)

Abu Dhabi goes totally broadband

The FTTH (Fibre to the home) project has been going on for some time. Abu Dhabi is now to be the first city in the world to be fully connected for broadband internet access.

Good news for all the new developments happening in the capital. Now, if we could just have wireless everywhere ...