So Christmas has been and gone… it’s back to work and a chance to show off what tech gadgets you got at Christmas. There has been some cool stuff out and about and the January sales have been excellent.

If you missed out, our advice is…. lie.

Tell your work colleages you got something from our “techy-top five cool xmas gadget list”   (sheesh I can hardly even type that let alone say it)

Number 5 Nintendo DSI
A cool present indeed. But was it bought for you or do you have to share it?  They also come in pink

Number 4 The Vodafone MiFi
A cool present indeed, for around $499 you and four buddies can share a mobile internet connection… it’s like you have you own personal WiFi.  imagine how popular you’re going to be!

Number 3 Sony Ericsson U1i Satio
Sony are bringing out their new  Android phone in a few months  but some people just can’t wait….enter the “Satio”. Powered by their Symbian S60T operating system we think it’s quite an awesome cool phone. The Satio features a 3.5″ full touch Screen, 3G HSUPA, WIFI & GPS and is powered by the Symbian S60 T operating system.

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Number 2        The “ALT of CTRL”  T-shirt
Becuase we know some one that got one in the office and it really is true that they are out of control.They proudly wore it today and told me it was very reasonably priced.

The Number 1 Top Tech gadget for Christmas 2009 has been… The  Apple iPhone 3GS   32G Black ….faster, sleeker, better battery, it’s a cool upgrade from your old model and has been the model of choice.

Google Wave is proving popular, what, you have’nt started to use it yet?

So, you’re already using social media, email and trying to share documents online between groups of people then you should check it out. Wave is likely to be able to rid you of issues of where-did-that-email-go-i-can’t-find-it-in-inbox-folder-sent-sheesh syndrome.

If you have not used Wave before it is It is a web application and computing platform that is designed to bring together your -mail, IM, wiki, and social networking, there’s a strong collaborative focus, mixed with spellchecker and some translator extensions, which are all able to work in real-time.

So if you’re a coding or desiging for a client and you’re using email as the primary communication tool and it’s going back and forth to communicate, you’re losing time waiting for the mail to come through, finding that you’re unable to decipher the ammendments, starting multiple threads its going to jeopordise the quality and standard of work.

Google Wave is prooving to be an ideal choice for

- remote brainstorming sessions
- meeting notes and data sharing
- projects, group projects, freelance projects
- interactive games

Ask any IT freelancer webdesigner about a project they had and why it wasn’t succesful the answer you are given is likely th to inlcude include poor customer/client mis-communications. Wave is proving to be a good option, view the video we found that cuts through the bloat to give you the overview you need.

Google Wave: The quick guide and explanation

“Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more” - Google

It’s amazing to find that email has been in the same format more or less for 40 years which also shares the same year that the lava lamp was invented. Are you using Wave in the workplace ?< >< ><-->

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