Oli Barrett's blog

Playing for Time?

5 September, 2006Oli Barrett

Here's a link to a recent blog by Steve Pavlina listing 10 reasons why you should never get a job:

Steve explains;

"Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea. There's only one problem with it. It's stupid! It's the stupidest way you can possibly generate income! This is truly income for dummies.

"Welcome to InterNational Rail Enquiries"

1 September, 2006Oli Barrett

I spent yesterday afternoon at a wedding in Henley and had to hop on and off a couple of trains.

Depending on when you call National Rail Enquiries, you'll get through to either;

Someone in Rotheram, South Yorkshire

or

Someone in Mumbai, India.

Yesterday I spoke to people in both locations.

US votes to ban social networking sites...What will happen in the UK?

29 August, 2006Oli Barrett

Gareth Dent points us towards Dr Julia Davies' excellent article about Flickr . In it she concludes;

"Online Affinity Spaces allow us to share new ideas and new ways of seeing and to bring cultural understandings together with others, where they can be re-examined, used and transformed in the image-making practices of others."

'Dropping Knowledge' - a big conversation kicking off September 9th 2006

29 August, 2006Oli Barrett

 

Here's a BIG idea;

dropping knowledge is a global initiative that promotes the free and open exchange of knowledge. On the Internet platform www.droppingknowledge.org people from all over the world will be able to ask and answer questions, exchange ideas and opinions, engage in dialogs, and start their own initiatives.


Michael Eisner interviews Barry Diller

29 August, 2006Oli Barrett

Pictures of Posts

Thanks to Google Video, the Charlie Rose show is available for free and some of the interviews are superb.


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