cyber-reflections

Best to follow me on http://twitter.com/amarapatel

As one commenter said, “so close, yet… so far, far away!”

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

BBC reports that Spanish industrial output in November 2008 dropped 15% from the year before.

So, I’ve been trying to build up my knowledge of Sitecore. I’m also inquisitive to hear what others are saying out there. What better place than to start in the Twitterverse.

In four steps, I’ve set up a process that I can discover people tweeting about Sitecore, or any other topic:

1. Go to Twitter Search and type in the terms you’d like to find people by.
2. Subscribe to the RSS for this search in Google Reader.
3. Check Google Reader for people tweeting about said topic.
4. Click through to users on Twitter and start following.
5. Repeat until satisfied.

I’ve discovered at least 3 cool people today.

The reason for lack of blog updates is simply because I’ve not made time for it… been really busy the last few months. Account and project managed my last project at Metia, the Microsoft UK Partner Player… will miss working with my friends and colleagues, at Metia and Microsoft UK.

I’ve been working the last 4 weeks as a Business Development Manager at Sitecore. Sitecore provides a very cool .NET web content management system and development platform. We are incredibly busy, and have been growing staff numbers. Not bad when everyone else is talking recession. Onwards and upwards.

So, this was uploaded to YouTube in 2006… oh yes, i’ve been wanting the iPhone, but I don’t need it…

I’ve been meaning to post this for some time… The following list was sent to me by Sarah-Louise at work… it’s really quite representative if you want to understand the British better… especially my generation in some places… anyone born in the mid-70’s, I’d say.

Paul McCartney singing on the Tube (1986)…

The Thunderbirds hit Piccadilly Circus and Bank Tube stations (1965) - (no embed allowed)

A journey by London Bus (1950)

Punk squatters in Islington (1983)

The crimes of Joe Orton - a humorous documentary (1970)

Understanding the Southall Riots and the burning of Hambrough Tavern (1981)

Soul II Soul makes it big (1990) - no embed allowed

The Crystal Palace fire (1936)

QED documentary - Nuclear War: a guide to armageddon (pt 1 of 3) (1982)

London during the Blitz ()