<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:55:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>slow lane</category><category>creative</category><category>start up</category><category>business</category><category>carsonified</category><category>iphone</category><category>recession</category><category>General</category><category>entrepreneur</category><category>ryan carson</category><category>twitter</category><category>patience</category><category>apple</category><category>credit crunch</category><category>web apps</category><category>marketing</category><category>design</category><category>profit</category><category>orange</category><category>o2</category><category>odbody</category><category>instant gratification</category><title>On the edge of tech</title><description>...ready to topple in</description><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-6117835811690060151</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-27T22:42:08.337+01:00</atom:updated><title>Things I've learnt from networking</title><atom:summary type='text'>I'm now on my way home from the lovely @bootlaw's summer party. A mix of techie hopefuls, gurus and made-it's with a sprinkling of possible investors to add to the mix. All jam-packed into a tiny venue with many steps (I should know, I fell down one before finishing even the first beer, an embarressing, altho quite effective way of meeting people).I've learnt some important lessons from the whole</atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2009/08/things-i-learnt-from-networking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-4941042940780847376</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-26T08:13:36.848+01:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>odbody</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>patience</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>General</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>instant gratification</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>slow lane</category><title>Separated from the web: A break from 'instant gratification'</title><atom:summary type='text'>Hmm, I go on holiday in a few days time. To a place with no wifi. I'm not sure how I'll survive. It's been a long time since neither a computer or at least an iPhone has had me tethered to the real world.I'm both daunted and excited. Looking forward to reading some books without the obsessive glance at my iPhone every half hour to check that all is well in the outside world. (Really I don't know </atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2009/08/separated-from-web.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-6122804346924948421</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-22T10:18:03.886+01:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>General</category><title>The first mobile blog</title><atom:summary type='text'>So often my best thoughts come to me when I'm out and about. When I'm travelling and have time to think. Too often those thought are lost, as soon as I reach my destination I forget the idea, immediately immersed in the day-to-day humdrum... I've used Twitter for the iPhone to capture the odd thought but so often I have more to say than 140 characters allow (not necessarily more meaning, just </atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-mobile-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-2041717105022116426</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-27T17:48:07.734+01:00</atom:updated><title>Before all else...</title><atom:summary type='text'>Blimey, I just dusted down the computer and underneath a few used folders, and some dirty designs, something glints in the light – and there it is – my long-forgotten, ever so slightly uncared for blog.I see from the date of my last post, (29th January) my New Years Resolution went out of the window pretty quickly.Oops. So what happened? Good intentions and a bid for setting up a new website </atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2009/06/before-all-else.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-307788881772074682</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-22T17:36:25.536Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>twitter</category><title>6 hints for Twitter starters</title><atom:summary type='text'>So what the heck is twitter?Over the last week Twitter has taken the first tentative steps from niché to mainstream, first mention in the UK general arena was on the BBC News at Ten, when it reported that Twitter got the scoop of the Hudson River rescue. Next came Philip Schofield's announcement of his new found addiction of the twitterstream (@schofe). Tomorrow night (UK), Jonathan Ross will </atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2009/01/6-hints-for-twitter-starters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-7738702065457838751</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-06T17:58:17.125Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>profit</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>entrepreneur</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>creative</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>recession</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>credit crunch</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>marketing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>design</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>business</category><title>2009 the year of the entrepreneur</title><atom:summary type='text'>Ah... so the new year comes around the corner... here we are 2009. Welcome, welcome, come on in. What pray tell do you have in store for us? Perhaps a bit more recession stuff, mixed with a bit of economic pain eh? Or perhaps the glimmer of light and hope to help build the resolve of hardworking peeps? Hmmm. Who can say?Personally, I'm looking forward to the new year, generally an optimist I look</atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-year-of-entrepreneur.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-655104533957829129</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-15T14:46:39.067Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>ryan carson</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>start up</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>carsonified</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>web apps</category><title>Carsonified start up workshop, an eye opener for up and coming Larry Pages and Sergey Brins</title><atom:summary type='text'>Having had a weekend to reflect I feel now I maybe able to clearly write a blog about Friday's Start Up Workshop delivered by Ryan Carson, at Carsonified.Bearing in mind that any readers I do have (not that there are many at this stage) will know that I know how to program a VCR, use a mac regularly and generally like being slightly more informed than the average user, but in no way do I go near </atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2008/12/carsonified-start-up-workshop-eye.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-773406567122976362</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-01T17:36:19.615Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>o2</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>orange</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>iphone</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>apple</category><title>The tough decision: iphone or Orange?</title><atom:summary type='text'>What does a girl do? My contract on orange is coming to an end; it's been pretty good, no major complaints although it's a little high on the price, and normally I'd choose a new phone, upgrade and sign up again... instead though I have hit a dilemma. You see my heart is owned by the iphone. Yup, the iphone only available on O2. The same provider I kicked into touch 3 years ago for their horrific</atom:summary><link>http://tashacres.blogspot.com/2008/12/tough-decision-iphone-or-orange.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (tashacres)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495137145109709160.post-4645343735620979046</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-26T13:32:41.230Z</atom:updated><title>The first blog</title><atom:summary type='text'>Well, actually, I've already started with a lie, I've written for my business and I did actually have an old blog I started as a tester on my border collie (that is the blog about the dog was the tester - the border collie didn't read it). Oh and ignore the fact that I got the first one wrong...So here I am back in the saddle. Starting afresh. 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