Dec 13 2007

Stuart does not have to say is anymore

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I have just changed my Facebook status to: ‘Stuart does not have to say “is” anymore’. That’s right – looks like Facebook have finally listened to the requests of users and have removed the requirement to have to start your status message with the word “is”. And I’ve just checked Google Reader again and nobody […]

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Aug 07 2007

Gadgets, Games and Geeks

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Haven’t been blogging much recently, as you can tell by the lack of posts. I’d like to say that I’ve been too busy (I have) but the amount of time I’ve been spending on Facebook says otherwise. Anyway, I’m heading along to the Gadgets, Games and Geeks event hosted by Unlimited Potential (UP) tomorrow evening […]

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Aug 03 2007

Gonzo on Facebook

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[tags]facebook,gonzo,bloggers,meetup[/tags] I met Gonzo Will at the bloggers meetup last night and clicked through to his site via Mauricio’s post earlier. He’s got a great blog with some straight-up and witty writing. I especially enjoyed his post on the ups and downs of Facebook – well worth reading.

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Aug 02 2007

Wellington bloggers meetup

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As Wanda Martha just mentioned, last night we had the first meetup of the Wellington Bloggers Facebook group (or the catchy ‘WBFG‘ for short) at the Southern Cross bar. It was great fun and quite surreal meeting bloggers in real life for the first time – especially as we already knew so too much about […]

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Aug 02 2007

Find events with Eventfinder

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Auckland based site, Eventfinder, have been rolling out heaps of new features recently with a focus on the social networking aspects of finding and attending events. Each registered user gets a profile page and can add friends to their network to keep up to date with what events their friends are attending. This is a […]

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Jul 27 2007

Visual Studio 2008 Express Beta 2 available for download

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Lost in the hoopla of the announcement that Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 has been released, was that their ‘Express’ counterparts have also been updated to Beta 2 and are now available to download from here: Visual Studio 2008 Express Downloads This is great news for us part-time coneheads and there’s a whole bunch […]

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Jul 23 2007

I’m on Pownce – now what?

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I signed up for Pownce today to see what it’s all about. Signup was nice and easy and updated my profile (http://pownce.com/amanzi/) with the same photo from Facebook. But now what…? I went to add some friends and my only option is to add someone who’s already on Pownce. The thing is, I don’t know who’s […]

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