Sel-fish-ness (n): To sell fish. (Source: my head!)
Fish (n):
1. Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body and including specifically:
1. Any of the class Osteichthyes, having a bony skeleton.
2. Any of the class Chondrichthyes, having a cartilaginous skeleton and including the sharks, rays, and skates.
2. Informal. A person, especially one considered deficient in something: a poor fish.
As much as I try to resist getting involved in political commentary, I cannot resist this one. I am of course referring to the recent UK general election which resulted in the coalition government between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats. In actual fact, if I don’t comment on this landmark event, I will be doing a great disservice to Iforg Limited, which is in fact an information organisation. A lot has been written on the outcome of this election by various commentators who are infinitely more qualified than myself (1, 2, 3, 4 – see box 1). Nonetheless, I offer a perspective – my perspective. I do so humbly and in the spirit that politics, in spite of what some people might say or think, still matter.
The series of iphone ads doing the rounds has got me thinking aloud. An example is the On Hold one below which, which is explaining the concept of multitasking. This is a computer jargon for different applications or computer processes running simultaneously. Looking at it, one might wonder if this was the exclusive preserve of the iphone. If you thought that, you will be wrong. A number of smartphone and other devices do multi-task. From what I read, iphone is a late adopter of this technology. Even now, only specific Apple apps can multi-task on an iphone.
The point?
It will appear that Apple led the innovation into smartphones and is now attempting to tell a story about the technology which will engage or enthuse the user. The term multitasking resides in the tech geek world and says very little to the current users of the technology. Apple is bringing the message to the masses in its own characteristic way. Apple is not just about technology, it is also about image and communication. The current hoo hah about the spat between Apple and Adobe actually risk alienating the technology backbone upon which its success stems. This is an obvious point for those who follow technology news but I am not writing this piece to illuminate the obvious. I am writing it to provide a perspective on life as I perceive it. The innovation happened centuries ago. That story has been told time and time again. The time will come to re-tell that story in a manner that will make sense to people. Connect with people.
If you look under your spiritual hood, it is the same story…re-told.
We have just received one of the best news in our inbox today…and it is from Google. Those blokes and lasses at Google are either mind readers or god send. We have been mulling over developing in-house apps to compliment the Google App, which we are using with our Hampshire project (link).
In comes the white knight: Google Apps Marketplace. This opens up a lot of possibilities for us.
I was born in Nigeria. A conversation I had recently with a colleague brought something into sharp focus for me. My mind travelled back to when I was in Nigeria. My father owned a pharmacy business and there was a period when the business trading climate was difficult; just like the current global recession – I call it a family recession. He had to lay off his staff, sell some of his vehicles and take a range of other actions. It was times like this that I was his son, his secretary, his business associate, his friend (…and more).
This month we focus our attention on the big topic that is Life. Kazeem found a remarkable parallel between his recent 10mile race for charity and Life as he knows it. Further information about about the race is available on this webblog (http://iforg.com/blog/?p=320).
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On the 25th of October 2009, I took part in the Great South run to raise money for Sickle Cell Society(link). The race was held at Portsmouth, a waterfront city in the south of England with great naval heritage. I am reliably informed that the city has the world’s oldest dry dock and is the home of Vice Admiral Nelson’s (of the Battle of Trafalgar fame) flagship HMS Victory. I should check this out one of these days (link + link). The race itself is 10miles long and represents a great challenge for me. The only long distance race I have ever done is the Lymington 10k race in May of this year(10/05/2009 + link). So as you can gather, I am no athlete!
The preparation:
Before even considering practise, I had to be sure I could partake in the race. The demand for a place on a race like this one is always high and I was concerned that I might not be able to get on. So Iforg Limited put up a £200 fund to support RNLI Lifeboats and was therefore able to race for them. RNLI Lifeboats (link) is a great charity that ‘aims to save lives by changing attitudes and behaviour among people who use the sea regularly’. Once I got on the race, the preparation started in earnest. My set aims were to complete the race and maybe achieve a better time than I managed in the previous 10k race (5.4mins/km).
Sel-fish-ness (n): To sell fish. (Source: my head!)
We have just received one of the best news in our inbox today…and it is from Google. Those blokes and lasses at Google are either mind readers or god send. We have been mulling over developing in-house apps to compliment the Google App, which we are using with our Hampshire project (
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