Paul Jacobson

Category: Useful stuff

  • MobileMe: to renew or not to renew

    I’ve had a MobileMe account for the last year and a half (pretty much since MobileMe launched as the .Mac replacment) and the time has come to renew it. I was initially going to renew my subscription (€65 or around R730 for the year) and I wonder now if I should. The main appeal MobileMe…

  • The new communication Wave isn't what you think it is

    I haven’t seen this much hype about a Google product since Gmail launched a few years ago. Invitations to use Google Wave have been trickling out to eager users for a couple weeks now and I managed to secure one thanks to Gavin Magid who sent me one of his invites. Like many of you,…

  • Looking under the hood – the Symbian OS

    I have been given an opportunity to chat to David Rivas, Nokia’s Vice President Product & Technology Management about the Symbian operating system. There has been quite a lot of talk about how shoddy the series 60 user interface is and it got me wondering about the operating system itself, under the UI, so I…

  • Google Friend Connect and/or Facebook Connect?

    I have Google’s Friend Connect integrated into this blog and you can sign in and comment using your Google account, OpenID, Twitter credentials and one other set of credentials. It works pretty well and when I comment here it integrates nicely with my blog credentials. I’d like to add Facebook Connect integration to the blog…

  • You asked for change …

    I just got back from Dubai and I am in the middle of writing a couple blog posts. In the meantime I thought I would address a long standing concern about my audio input tools: This post is dedicated to my brother @asherja and to @allankent who inspired me to change. More meaningful content to…

  • The Social Web TV

    I have discovered The Social Web TV. The episode I am watching features John McCrea and Joseph Smarr from Plaxo and David Recordon from Six Apart. Here is the basic intro to the new Web TV show: Who owns your data and content? Why don’t the social networks and communication tools you use work well…

  • New Apple goodies

    So today was MacWorld and the time for all those cool Apple announcements. For the most part the event seemed to be about the iPhone and the iPod Touch. One of the very snazzy new products announced is the new MacBook Air which looks amazing. It is a stripped down MacBook and seems to be…

  • South Africa (Proprietary) Limited

    I think it is time to give up the last vestiges of this ideal of a nation based on equality, dignity and respect for human rights.  South Africa is no longer a nation, it is a privately held corporation on a massive scale.  You have to look carefully if you want to catch a glimpse…