My good friend and future trend spotter José Luiz Moutinho, recently introduced me to Ruby On Rails (RoR) (I actually like to refer to this as simply Ruby (Probably because it was my mothers name)). It’s a software code which is supposed to be making the Internet a different place. There is certainly a lot of excitment surrounding Ruby. This is not to say that Ruby is a new technology. However, the last 5 years things have really heated up in the Ruby World.

To the extent that a Portuguese Ruby on Rails website was launched by a group of enthusiasts. It’s worth taking a look and maybe even getting involved.

I have a meeting booked with Pedro Sousa and Francisco Cabrita on the 17th September to discuss how this can be applied to some of the projects I am at present developing. I will tell you more about this as time goes by.

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I received this from a friend in Ireland and thought this was very interesting:

“I’ve been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose, CA. We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it’s diesel, the next day it’s jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to help you get your money’s worth: (more…)

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Podcast and Videocast has developed exponentially on the internet over the last 5 years. Not only has websites like YouTube, Hi5, MySpace and others created amazing communities….they have also made home recordings and personal videos a common feature and part of our daily lives.

However, although this has proliferated in our private lives, in terms of business, there has hardly been any major development. Micro and Small companies seem to be afraid of presenting themselves in audio or video and more importantly, maybe unaware of the reduced costs involved in making these presentations. (more…)

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The following is a project that I am developing. It came about through meeting a young fashion photographer (Karlina Vitolina) in Latvia in 2006 and now again in 2007, and I am helping her create her website. And through this I started to think about creating a Social Network site for Fashion Photographers around Europe. The project is developing as follows: (more…)

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I long, long time ago, while doing my A Levels working for the Coop (a supermarket chain in the UK) the manager of the store (Mr Harrington (who actually was encouraging me to become a future Coop manager…..) said to me “Ken, we are not going to put all those horrible poster in the front window. I want people to see from the outside in….or they won’t be able to see the woods for the Trees”. (more…)

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