richard
richard
@admin-richard@www.main-vision.com

I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • A little walk

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday’s walk, as seen by Sportstracker. Pictures to come soon.

  • Friendfeed and Jaiku

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s so much hype about friendfeed because of it’s features but that’s something jaiku has been doing for months and months now. It’s a shame that silicon valley doesn’t look beyond their borders. Shame the hype is almost always around that part of the world. The more I use jaiku the…

  • Dead Macbook pro

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo nights ago my macboook pro didn’t wake from sleep which is why I’m now using a linuxbox. Have to wait for the maintenance to tell me just how messed up it is. At least trusty old linux can be relied upon as a temporary solution.

  • Fun street animation

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

  • On moving from the Social media capital of Europe to Geneva

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a student it was not unusual for me to spend no more than six hours a day at home. The rest of the time I was out socialising, whether helping post grads with their work or with those from my studies. As a result of this I started to pay attention…

  • Snackr and RSS

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith my love for the short form Snackr is a welcome addition to my world as an easy way to keep an eye on rss feeds. It’s a ticker box that scrolls all the latest articles. You can choose whether you whether you want every post over the past day to…

  • May-21st for a twit-out, boycott of twitter

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m not the only person that’s annoyed with the vast amount of downtime suffered by twitter and there is a call for an international boycott of twitter on may 21st. During that day we’ll be using other more reliable services to show that twitter is nothing without the community that makes…

  • A typical Jaiku thread

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor any of those that have never used Jaiku before here is a typical conversation from the users. They’re all interested in mobile phones and what they can do. It’s a nice change from twitter’s web 2.0 and social media slant.

  • J’ai donc cherché qui sont les plus “actifs utilisateurs” de Genève aujourd’hui !

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOf course I’m the most active twitter user in Geneva, as if that was going to be a surprise to anyone. Before that I was London’s most active twitter user with over 5000 posts in a month back in December.

  • Twitter and Breaking news

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce more twitter has shown it’s value. An earthquake occured earlier this morning and people started to twitter about it within half an hour. people like Robert Scoble started linking to the story. It took at least an hour for most of the major networks to start speaking about this news.…