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2010 – Bring The Rain!!

2009 has been a really tough year, both in terms of personal loss with the death of my dear old Gran and indeed with the onslaught that work has been over the past few months. Somehow however, I've managed to make it through all that and now find myself entering into a new year, hopeful of success and prosperity in all that I undertake. I have no doubt 2010 will be filled with just as many challenges as the year almost gone and I'm sure there will be plenty of fresh problems to deal with, but I ...
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The Screencasting Handbook

Screencasting is something I have talked about extensively before and indeed something which I develop on an almost daily basis. I think it's safe to say that I am fairly well educated on the concept, that said however there is always room for improvement and learning new techniques and practices is something I am always willing to indulge in. Screencasting as a phenomenon has gained great popularity in recent months both as an educational tool where perhaps some of it's greatest strengths lie b...
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Things Screencast – Manage The Things You Have To Do

A screencast introducing Things from cultured code, an excellent task management application. Things - Task Management On The Mac from Paul McGovern on Vimeo.
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Review: Default Folder X

I spent the last few days investigating several applications that I thought would improve my daily work flow. I have a very busy couple of months ahead and anything that makes my day to day activities less of a hassle is well worth investing in from my point of view. Enter Default Folder X, a fantastic user interface modification application from St Clair Software. Default Folder X is not really an application in it's own right, it's more of a modification to the way the Mac currently handles th...
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Merry Christmas

I would just like to take this opportunity to wish all blog readers, geek culture enthusiasts and generally nice people a Merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. I hope you have an enjoyable and restful holiday. It's been a really great year for me despite some difficult personal loss and challenging times at work. I'm happy of how things are progressing with the blog & podcast and hope to continue with development of those projects in the year ahead. I also hope that 2010 wi...
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The Karate Kid

I'm so looking forward to this, I loved the originals and the spirit of those seems to have been maintained. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/2009/12/The_Karate_Kid.flv /]
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Getting Into The Spirit of Things

This is the second day of my much needed holiday and for me the first day that it has actually felt like Christmas. I loved the festive season since a kid, as I'm sure most young children do... but my love of this time of year has persisted with me throughout my life. Even now I can't help but get excited by the prospect of time off work, presents - giving & receiving, Christmas TV, turkey, we even have snow this year which is an added bonus. Despite having a significant amount of stuff to g...
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GeekCaster Store Promo Screencast

A short promo video for the GeekCaster Store scheduled to launch in the coming weeks. If you have any questions please leave a comment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ui_3XWMAjE
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GeekCaster Store Poll

In line with developments on the e-learning front and the upcoming GeekCaster store I thought I would conduct some market research. If you have two minutes to spare could you please complete the polls below, your feedback is much appreciated.
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Week Zero

Finally the holidays are so close as to be almost tangible - even though I am going to be one very busy bunny over the festive season, being able to work from home without the need to actually be in work for a couple of weeks is going to be so damn good. This week should be fairly slack although I do have some important things on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday - still I suspect attendance will be lower than normal and for the most part it will be mainly dealing with assignment submissions. That'...
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Cool Stuff 2009

As the end of the year draws in I thought it would be a good idea to look back and reflect on some of the things that interested me or that I enjoyed in the year gone by. It's been quite a difficult year for me personally with the loss of my Gran, and lots of work related issues, but at the same time there have been many enjoyable things in the year gone by. I have made some great new contacts through social media apps, established friendship with some great new people, developed the blog & ...
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Review: The Saboteur

The concept of the saboteur is hardly revolutionary, a WWII sandbox experience doesn't exactly scream originality from the rooftops. Yet there is something extremely enjoyable about the game and it's certainly an experience that's greater than the sum of it's parts. The Saboteur is quite simple in it's premise, you play the role of Sean Devlin an Irish resistance fighter with an extreme hatred for the Third Reich. You find yourself stuck in the middle of an ongoing war between the Germans and th...
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