Category Archives: Personal
The 21st Century Guide to Being a Gentleman.
Written on January 9, 2012 at 9:41 pm, by Alan Rice
My guide to being a gentleman in the 21st Century. It’s basically everything you’d expect to be here but with 21st instead of 20th in the title. A gentleman holds the door open for everyone, not just ladies. (A gentleman may however find entertainment in the passive-agressive door holding game, although not too often.)Continue Reading
Introducing Leaucate – Find water on the go.
Written on August 9, 2011 at 9:34 pm, by Alan Rice
I think it’s time I formally introduced Leaucate. I’ve talked a bit about this project on Twitter, more so indirectly referencing meetings or development work. So I guess I should take a few steps back and explain what I’m up to. Well it starts with a group project for my broad curriculum module in college.Continue Reading
I’m an app developer?!
Written on August 8, 2011 at 9:13 pm, by Alan Rice
I’ve been tasked with making a smartphone app. We have no budget (so we can’t hire someone to make it) and apparently I’m the most ‘technical’ person from our group, therefore the person most likely to be able to make it. So I got the job. Yay me! I’ve no idea what I’m doing. I’veContinue Reading
New book to help my procrastinating!
Written on August 5, 2011 at 9:15 pm, by Alan Rice
After tweeting: Futurama and then I’ll start my day, ok? Dealsies. Darren Ryan kindly suggested for me to read “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time“. I obviously needed it! Of course being sceptical of all self-help books I pottered over to Amazon, downloaded the free sample chapterContinue Reading
Don’t blame it on the sunshine, blame it on the Firefox.
Written on August 3, 2011 at 9:15 pm, by Alan Rice
Further to my recent post about not being able to complete projects, I’m exploring the reasons behind my lack of focus. As I was assuming my role as #TechSupportAl at the weekend fixing my aunty’s Time Machine backup, updating some of her programs and searching online, I kept jumping between all these checking theirContinue Reading
Research: joys & woes.
Written on August 2, 2011 at 10:45 pm, by Alan Rice
There’s something nice about doing a piece of research. You have the knowledge that what you are doing is unique, whether it’s the topic, angle, mindset or sources of data. If you follow me on Twitter I’m sure you’ve heard me vent about my small (tiny) research project I’m doing this summer. I’m currently assembling and annotatingContinue Reading
Monthly challenges.
Written on August 1, 2011 at 7:57 pm, by Alan Rice
Today I watched an Ignite talk given by Matt Cutts on 30 day challenges. So on my road to self-improvement I’m going to start some 30 day challenges myself. Basically I’m going to commit, for a month, to do something new or change something I already do. This seems like a very nice way to introduce myselfContinue Reading
It’s time to accept my disease.
Written on July 24, 2011 at 11:28 pm, by Alan Rice
Sometimes I feel like I have a disease. The symptoms present as obsessiveness with some new idea or project or shiny thing and then at some point in the not too distant future, mood reversal, where all interest in said idea/project/shiny thing is lost. I’m sick. Of it. I have about 20 halfContinue Reading
ProjectPresent – We need a HTML Presentation Platform
Written on July 22, 2011 at 2:00 pm, by Alan Rice
It’s often said that PowerPoint is the death of the presentation and let’s face it we’ve all sat through some God awful slides in our time! Your mind wanders from the content of the talk and you begin to think “Would it have killed you to put an image here?! Anything, ANYTHING, to help meContinue Reading
Voicemail loophole should be closed and soon.
Written on July 6, 2011 at 8:36 am, by Alan Rice
In recent days it has come to light that the News of the World has, through an external source, accessed the voicemail records of not only a missing girl but also relatives of those killed in the 7/7 bombings in London, perhaps even before their families were informed. This is not only a gross invasionContinue Reading
Google+ luring me from Twitter as well as Facebook.
Written on July 1, 2011 at 10:34 pm, by Alan Rice
So yesterday I got an invite to Google+, the newest social network, sorry, social sharing layer to vie for access to our social interactions. Google’s latest venture into the social space, which previously has been rather unsuccessful, is creating waves among tech sites and has set my Twitter feed on fire. The latter in particularContinue Reading
Bye, bye 2010, hey 2011!
Written on January 3, 2011 at 8:49 pm, by Alan Rice
Well that’s another year! It sure was strange! A well-stirred mixture of happy, sad and interesting, thankfully improving towards the end of the year. But if I hear recession, cut backs, bailout, NAMA, ash cloud or snow once more I’ll spontaneously combust! If I had to choose a highlight of the year 2010 it would probablyContinue Reading