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Guinea and the Internet

December 23 08

I love Google News. It is actually an addiction I think. On all of my computers (except for my work one), it is set as my homepage. I have been following what is happening in Guinea through the English and French Press, and today decided to try and dig a little deeper with the coup talk and all.

I tried to get to a news site from Guinea and was unable to connect. However, there is a cached version (on google of course) from Dec 23, 2008 03:59:19 GMT so I can’t help but wonder if that is just me. I also can’t get the Government site to load either. The last cache of that was from Dec 16, 2008 09:52:24 GMT. Anyway, I am still searching for a news site from Guinea that has updates. Maybe the best I will do is AllAfrica. This whole situation is interesting to watch, and this little internet blind spot is something I want to overcome. It is like a repeat of what happened before, only with new technology to keep people more up to date.

During the search I found a cool video. TheInstitut National de L’audiovisuel(an amazing site btw) has a video called Guinée : un an après (Guinea: one year later) that aired on FR3 - 04/04/1985. I won’t get too into my thoughts on the slant of the video but I will say my favorite part of the video is when the reporter asks “For the Guineans, is it important to have good knowledge of French?” It just seems so out of place when they are talking about trying to rebuild their country/culture after 26 years of dictatorship for the rest of the video.

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Sleepy & YouNoodle

August 8 08

I am sleepy and stuff.  There hasn’t been much going on besides that.  I mean there has, but I’m not ready to discuss just yet.

Also, my iPod touch has been having battery problems.  It’s driving me crazy.   The sound on my old computer is randomly not working now.  And I broke my cell phone too.  I am having technology problems basically.

Oh!!  I signed up to be Notified when YouNoodle launched.  Yesterday I got 89 emails announcing their launch with over 100 people’s email addresses on the distribution list visible.  Nice.  We started a google group.   So far so cool.  The people are all involved in start-ups so it’s a fun bunch.

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What can you create in 12 seconds

August 1 08

So, a new little project because I thought it would be fun.  I got an invite to 12seconds.tv.  As a result of my infinite quest to play around with the limited technology I have at my disposal at home, my computer webcam not working properly with the site on my imac isight, and my cell phone being broken, I have to create videos and email them through iMovie HD… so I’ve been playing.   What can I create in 12 seconds?

Here is what I have so far:


10 Minutes of Boredom in 12 Seconds on 12seconds.tv


Eye, the short film on 12seconds.tv

Anyway, we’ll see how long it keeps me entertained. :) Due to my love of short form mobile videos though, it might be a while. Only time will tell though.

I also joined Plurk today.  Me and my co-worker the graphic designer had the same feedback… it is difficult to use/has a major usability issue.  We read timelines from left to rightwith the left having the older stuff and the right the newer, so every time we go to the site we start at the right and get confused.    It still seems interesting though.   Here is the link to my profile there: http://www.plurk.com/user/jadedid

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Insomnia

July 13 08

Well, not complete insomnia, but insomnia nonetheless. Why is nonetheless all one word anyway?

Last night I was up until 4:30am and up by 9:30am, and here it is almost 2 am and I am still awake, tired and unable to sleep. I guess it happens to the best of us from time to time, I just hope this is over with by Monday so I’m not tired at work. My biggest fear in life is having to go to work on little to no sleep without a good reason.

Speaking of work, the other day one of my co workers introduced me to http://www.colourlovers.com I quickly created a profile and have been hooked ever since. I see the site as being a place where I end up wasting spending a lot of time for work purposes. It is really fun though. It almost makes me want to start making seamless vectors to play with. Who would have thought that a social network based around color could be so fun?

…Perhaps I’ll come up with a different color scheme for my layout? Hmmm.. there’s an idea.

mmm… I guess that is it. I should probably try to sleep. I just realized the time zone is off on this thing though. One hour behind. I guess I’ll fix that and then attempt to sleep again.

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Jade is doing something!

June 22 08

Well, not a lot. Today it consists of cooking, yoga and doing my hair. Still, the site is back after two years in hiatus (I can’t believe it’s been that long!). I am not sure yet what exactly the evolution of Jade Did dot Com will be, but this is definitely the re-genesis.

p.s. Happy Birthday Mom!

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