Annuties and the Credit Crunch

I never quite got to grips with annuities and pensions but since many of my friends and colleagues have a laugh at how old I am it is always worth reading about how to sustain an income when the twilight years are upon me. This article from the BBC really explains this concept quiet well and how the current market situation effects the return on annuities. For those seriously thinking of retiring it is worth a read:

Credit crunch impact on annuities.

Websites and applications to look out for in 2008

I came across this article about some applications and websites that are worth looking out for in 2008 that could potentially be goldmines or bought by the bigger fish e.g. Microsoft, Google etc

Websites and Applications to watch out in 2008

I am particularly interested in Kaazing for realtime data over http, and Skyfire- iPhone like mobile interface but for non-Apple products.

Lets see what happens in the news.

Take a million little steps to get where you want to – the Amazon story

I came across this article sent to me by a colleague at work during our lunch – it is a very good potted autobiography of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. It indicates what the company wants to get into – “one stop shop digital media services” via its Amazon Web Services product.

The article gives an explanation as to how Amazon avoided the DotCom crash and how a company needs to diversify to survive.

The Charmed Life of Jeff Bezos

Telegraph – 110 Best Books

Looks like the Telegraph are doing a top 100 list week – here is one about the best 110 books to have in a library – some of them I have read – others I might pick up.

Telegraph – 110 Best books in a Library

Telegraph 101 most useful websites

The Telegraph online has a really good article about the 101 most useful websites categorised by different areas. I seen a few of them and use many of them. Even WordPress is in there (as it should). Worth taking a look and having a look at the comments for some extra additions.

Telegraph 101 Useful Websites

Revisit

Ok, I thought I would never maintain BLOG but I found out I am always learning new things in my day-to-day life be it work, home, leisure and just general information I come across.

 I started keeping useful links in email, then moved to Google notes, then using a custom TODO application on my USB drive but something is still missing. 

So since all my peers are using blogs to record their findings then I might as well see how good it is …. I see is as log of my trails….

My first blog

Hi this is my first blog – lets see how much I can keep this up-to-date