Tallink Taxi – Service Matters
Just this week a new cab company launched in Tallinn. I’ve been quite happy with the one I (infrequently) use, but last night just thought I’d give them a try. And was in awe. New bright yellow car, filled with shiny new gadgets, a big screen GPS, etc. Well, that’s what you get when you [...]
Ingenious Motivator for Tech Investments
Had a pleasure to meet Harry Jaako, the Honorary Consul of Estonia in Vancouver, but also the Co-CEO of Discovery Capital, a venture capital firm operating in British Columbia. He shared a very interesting and bold incentive concept that the British Columbia (not even the whole Canada) government has introduced to motivate private investments in [...]
Apple/Yahoo’s Flashback from 11th Century
This is an actual screenshot of an attempt to get a weather report for Tartu, Estonia on my iPhone, using the standard Weather app, powered by Yahoo data. What’s the joke? Yes, the city of Tartu used to be called Yuryev at some point. Namely between 1030 and 1061 when Prince of Kiev, Yaroslav I [...]
Rahulolev station.ee kasutaja
Olen nüüd vast kuu aega kasutanud news.station.ee ja blogs.station.ee teenuseid ja väga rahul. Miks? NEWS.station avalehe valik näidata enam kui neljas või kuues kanalis kajastatud lugu aitab kiiresti pildi ette saada hetkel “kuumadest” teemadest Konkreetse teema vaade võiks olla iga meediahuvilise sagedane tööriist, et näha kuidas praktiliselt sünnib uudis. Näiteks nagu selles juhuslikus näites, kus [...]
Estonian – the Most Insignificant Language?
Some while ago an online media outlet ran a poll, asking the readers where do they think Estonian language falls among the languages of this world by “usefulness”. Many Estonian-speakers do tend to think that a million speakers means… nothing. That the language is on the verge of going distinct. About 2/3rds of answers ranked [...]
Skype’i uue CEO esimene intervjuu
Skype “uus” (hakkab juba kaks kuud täis saama varsti, tegelikult) pealik Josh andis oma esimese intervjuu selles rollis Eesti Ekspressile. Soovitan lugeda neil, kes segaduses iga Skype-uudise juurde kuuluvatest kommentaari-teadjameeste juttudest, et Skype on valmis ja seal enam midagi teha ei ole, kolib Eestist minema Indiasse, palkab siin ainult odavat orjatööjõudu, ei kasva enam, ei [...]
Video Call with Her Majesty
Just finished a video call with Her Majesty [Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands). She was visiting Skype Tallinn office as part of her state visit to Estonia. I was babysitting at home. One of these physical location misses when [Skype](http://skype.com) really becomes handy. Also, [Etta](http://gustavpaul.tamkivi.com/2008/05/11/eriti-uusi-sunnipaevi/) joined the ranks of the babies worldwide who have had [...]
Numbers to Prove How Much I Love Skype Chats
Played around with some simple queries in my active Skype chats database, which weighs 215MB in plain text and has data since May 16th 2006. Probably I did a computer migration around then and earlier history (since I started using an early beta of Skype in mid-2003) is buried somewhere in backups. Found out that [...]
Kuidas jõuda mugava E-Eestini? (ehk nimeseikluste lõpetuseks)
Möödunudnädalane postitus lapsele interneti vahendusel nime panemisest tekitas uskumatult palju tähelepanu ja vastukaja. Siinse tagasihoidliku blogi puhul on 500 unikaalset lugejat ühe sissekande kohta päris märkimisväärne tulemus. Kui aga püstitatud teema korjab üles peavoolu-meedia (nagu seekord EPL), siis lisandub lugejaid tuhandeid. Ehk siis veelkord näide sellest, kuidas meediapiirid hägustuvad. Tahaksin tänada ja tunnustada RISO pealikku [...]
Surnult sündinud laps?
Avastasin üllatusega, et vastsündinud lapsele interneti vahendusel nime panemine on mõnevõrra kõrgema barjääriga tegevus kui loodus sellesama lapse saamisel ette seab. Perekonnaseisuamet (nagu see maja seal Pärnu maanteel) on vist kohaliku tähtsusega asutus? Teen närvid kõvaks, et taas kord läbida tallinn.ee lootusetult haiget navigatsioonipuud. Sünni registreerimise lehel räägitakse paberist ja kohaleilmumisest, ei sobi. Täpsemat lugemist [...]
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