Podcast: Receipts
How to get rid of receipts, without just binning them. Another piece from the BBC World Service. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/1705_receipts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Category Archives: Travel
Podcast: Hotel Access
Another BBC World Service recording. This one’s about getting connected in hotels. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/1204_hotel_access.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
How to Hold a Book
I did a piece a few weeks back for WSJ.com (subscription only, I’m afraid) and The Wall Street Journal Asia about bookholders. These are devices made to help folk read more easily. As one of my old bosses said: “neanderthal”. But I still love to hold a book and would definitely opt for paper over… Read More »
USB, Off The Cuff
Always looking for a new way to carry my USB key drive. Here’s another option (via Ubergizmo): Designed by Berlin-based Tonia Welter, the cufflinks are a prototype, but with plans to build with a capacity of up to 1 GB. A bracelet is in the works, which looks not unlike Imation’s Flash Wristband’, and will… Read More »
Turning Back the Telecommuting Tide
Good piece in the MercuryNews.com on HP’s decision to cut back on telecommuting: “HP believes bringing its information-technology employees together in the office will make them swifter and smarter. The decision shocked HP employees and surprised human resource management experts, who believe telecommuting is still a growing trend.” Speaking as a telecommuter still in his… Read More »