Terry Jones

Archive for November, 2007

Airline imponderables

Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted under travel. | 2 Comments »

When landing in an airplane, the stewards go around and ask that people raise the pull-down covers on their windows. Why is that? How can it be so important that ... Read more..

Pizza and a beer in a Berlin restaurant, 5 euros

Thursday, November 8th, 2007 Posted under travel. | 2 Comments »

Last night I went out for dinner. I found a small restaurant. It was quite nice, looked like it might be mid-range price, had several tables of well mannered Germans ... Read more..

Bag on wheels

Thursday, November 8th, 2007 Posted under travel. | 2 Comments »

I don't understand why more people don't go to conferences with a bag on wheels. I learned in 2000 that lugging a laptop in a shoulder bag around a busy ... Read more..

Learning to work on the road

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Posted under me, tech. | Comments Off on Learning to work on the road

I'm not good at working away from my home setup. I like my Kinesis keyboard, my big flat-screen monitor, and even the convenience of an external mouse. I don't really ... Read more..

Daylight robbery in Berlin

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted under companies, tech, travel. | Comments Off on Daylight robbery in Berlin

I'm sitting in a hotel in Berlin, the Hotel Ibis Berlin Mitte. They've done a deal with Vodafone to provide wifi access for their guests. Here's the price list: 30 minutes - ... Read more..

Art for art’s sake

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted under me. | Comments Off on Art for art’s sake

Did I forget to blog today? No. Read more..

Passport, please.

Monday, November 5th, 2007 Posted under travel. | Comments Off on Passport, please.

I wrote this at the airport in Barcelona waiting for a flight to Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. At check-in I wasn't asked whether I had packed my bags myself of ... Read more..

Bicycle removal problem

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted under other. | 6 Comments »

Walking on the UCSD campus in 1998, I passed a bike rack that looked partly like a scrap metal junkyard. There were bikes in many conditions, from perfect to ... Read more..

Correfoc

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Posted under barcelona. | 2 Comments »

Yet another in the Homage to Barcelona series... In September every year during the fiesta of La Mercè, there's a Correfoc. It's probably impossible to convey what being in the middle ... Read more..

Powerset hampered by limited resources? Oh please

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted under companies, tech. | Comments Off on Powerset hampered by limited resources? Oh please

I don't mean to appear cold-hearted. I have a heart. Really. But news of a shakeup at Powerset given release delays doesn't come as a surprise at all. What is surprising ... Read more..

That deep sucking sound

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted under companies, tech. | Comments Off on That deep sucking sound

First of all, let me just say that Jason Calacanis is a genius. Having said that, I most humbly submit that his posting today on Facebook's WORST two features is a ... Read more..

Bésame mucho

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted under barcelona, music. | 6 Comments »

I love Barcelona. I love living in Barcelona. There are many reasons. One of them is that stuff like the following happens on a regular basis. At 8pm tonight I could ... Read more..

Twitterquake

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Posted under companies, twitter. | Comments Off on Twitterquake

Fastest news in the West? Twitter wins hands down. Read more..