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on October 16, 2008

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WSJ Spills iPad 2 Specs: Expect A Thinner, Lighter, Faster Tablet

I have to admit, I can't quite explain why I am fascinated by news about Apple products. My only Apple product is a 3rd generation iPod Nano (you know, the slim, square one) which now sits at the bottom of a clothes drawer, neglected. Why have an iPod when, for £10 a month, I can use Spotify on my laptop and smartphone (I don't yet have a personal one but I am leaning towards an Android phone when my contract is up for renewal) and play as much music as I like for a low, fixed price? The news about iPad 2 is not that exciting, in reality. As the article says 'it's smaller, lighter and faster, plus it has two cameras on it'. It's just that everyone else is following Apple. For instance, Nokia sells more mobile phones than Apple, but who talks about their Nokia? My kids are fascinated by Apple products too. So much so, that they saved their pocket money and birthday money up for a while and bought themselves an iPod Touch each before Christmas last year. In...

UK GDP since 1948

Image via Wikipedia Uncannily, I wrote an earlier post based upon the blog of Umair Haque about how we think about the economy than along comes an article in The Guardian illustrating how we have always measured the economy - GDP. It's still an interesting set of figures presented in a chart to show just how deeply in the mire we are. Figures and charts can often put into context what headlines cannot. We really are in the mire, but it has been worse. Not that that is much comfort if you have lost your job or your business. The content previously published here has been withdrawn. We apologise for any inconvenience. Related articles by Zemanta UK economy grew 0.3% in the first quarter of the year (newstatesman.com) Economic Report: Revised data show deeper U.K. recession (marketwatch.com)

How to be competitive

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"] [/caption] Getting to work is one of the most competitive things many of us do each day. Firstly, we compete with ourselves to make sure we get out of the door at the right time to catch the bus, train, tube or even to miss the squeeze on the road while we drive to work. To get out on time, we get up with our alarms, drop into our routines of cleaning, eating, dressing, waking up the kids and getting ready. Once we have left our homes, we then move into the 'stream' of other commuters and become beholden to the speed at which the majority is driving, or the speed of the train. We have little control over how much faster we can go because of the restrictions faced by us, including speed limits, road widths, traffic controls and the speed of someone ahead of us. We become frustrated. We are delayed for meetings. We get overheated in our cars and in our minds. We be...

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