Tag Archives: twitter
IE6 has left the Iceland

IE6 has left the Iceland

Posted 27 August 2010 | By Gommit | Categories: Development | View Comments

…for most parts at least.
One of the brilliant perks of living in a small community is how easy it is to reach out and get valuable feedback from the crowd.
I’m working on a pretty important website and was wondering if it is timely to introduce some CSS3 and fancy fonts. A simple question on twitter [...]

Flying cars and GEO apps on my iPhone

Flying cars and GEO apps on my iPhone

Posted 05 August 2010 | By Gommit | Categories: Social Media | View Comments

Today it dawned on me, the future is now!
Who needs flying cars when you have an iPhone. I was doing 50km/hr on my bike when I got the idea for this blog.
My phone was dutifully tracking my bike ride home through GPS satellites and modern wizardry. It got me thinking about all the GEO data that [...]

Using social media for crisis control

Using social media for crisis control

Posted 24 July 2010 | By Gommit | Categories: Uncategorized | View Comments

Last week two Icelandic sites stopped responding on the interwebs; Orkuaudlindir.is and IcelandAirwaves.is.
This was quite unfortunate cause the first site has been actively promoted in the media. Björk and friends are petitioning to stop the first deal where an Icelandic energy company is acquired by a foreign investor.
The unfortunate bit for Skýrr, a major hosting and IT [...]

Crowdsourcing your ToDo list

Crowdsourcing your ToDo list

Posted 13 July 2010 | By Gommit | Categories: Social Media | View Comments

I’ve been tossing questions into my social graph for a while. Asking my friends, family and followers for guidance on things that would take me ages to work out myself. Most of the time it results in great twists and marvelous solutions to tedious tasks on my ToDo list.
I hate cars. Stupid piece of scrap [...]

Íslandsbanki fyrsti bankinn á Twitter

Posted 04 March 2010 | By Gommit | Categories: Uncategorized | View Comments

Er búinn að vera að fylgjast með ótrúlega góðum spretti hjá @islandsbanki síðastliðna tvo daga.
Þetta er fyrsti bankinn á Twitter og eitt af fyrstu fyrirtækjunum sem hlustar og svarar (augljóslega séð fyrirlesturinn minn)
Þetta fór af stað með smá skotum en mér finnst bankinn hafa staðið sig vel í að svara og dæmin tala bara sínu [...]