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★ Travel Utilities 23 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
I spent a couple days in Geneva, Switzerland and planning the trip wasn’t a huge hassle because of technology. If you know me, you know I’m not big on traveling, but these utilities really helped me t...
★ The bastard child, A Samsung Galaxy S4 review 5 May 2013 | 05:37 am
I have only ever owned two brands of smartphones – Blackberries and iPhones. I’m an Apple fan; I love Apple products and I’ve owned many of them. Currently, I own an iPad 3, an iPhone 4 and a mid-20...
★ Debit card charges comparison chart for Jamaican banks 16 Apr 2013 | 08:51 pm
I couldn’t find this anywhere else online so I thought it would be a great reference for the people who care. These figures may seem negligible to many, but they add up. Especially if you do point of ...
★ 7 Tips for unemployed Jamaicans (people) 2 Apr 2013 | 11:13 pm
I’ve been meaning to put these tips on my blog for a while, but I didn’t get around to it until now. These tips were originally tweets, but I thought that it would make more sense to have them on here...
★ Goal Setting 2 Feb 2013 | 07:52 pm
I achieve because I set goals. Prior to writing this post I was reading up on setting goals and I came across this really cool acronym; S.M.A.R.T, it stands for specific, measurable, achievable, reali...
★ On becoming 22 21 Nov 2012 | 09:05 am
22, wow. Despite how young that sounds, I feel really old. Each year, I ask myself “am I better person now than I was a year ago?” and the answer, as far as I’m concerned, has always been yes. I’ve ha...
★ Guest Post: Customer “Dis”-service in Jamaica 6 Sep 2012 | 05:44 am
Guest post by @smittyroyal. Follow him on Twitter. Let’s start by saying, CUSTOMER SERVICE IN JAMAICA IS HORRENDOUS!!!! — *breathe*, *deep inhale,…… long exhale*. I’m writing this blog to express my...
★ The Jamaican debate: English vs Jamaican Patois 27 Aug 2012 | 06:23 am
Is it really English vs patois? Maybe, maybe not. I’m not as informed as the academics, but I’m still allowed to have an opinion. My two cents: we have a problem; no question about that. I think it’s ...
Applying athletics’ success to business ★ 13 Aug 2012 | 08:52 am
We contend that Jamaica has entrepreneurs equivalent in talent to our top athletes, particularly Mr Usian Bolt and Mrs Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. What we have not had, and desperately need, is a public ...
On our tech issues in Jamaica: “Our biggest problem is the sum of our smaller problems.” ★ 28 Jul 2012 | 05:13 am
I just came from lunch with Chad Cunningham and Gordon Swaby. We are trying to figure out, and put into words, the issues facing tech (more specifically internet/web) companies in Jamaica for a meetin...
