Computex aftermath
Posted by thelostswede in blog on June 13th, 2009
So, the start of netbooknews.com went much better than I hoped for and with Computex over and done with the real work is starting. I have to say that I’m very happy with the team behind the site and as long as we can keep up the momentum that we’ve started, the site should keep gaining popularity quickly.
Doing video content is an entirely new thing to me, but it turns out that at least the stuff I do isn’t all that difficult after all. It still freaks me out to listen to my own voice, but I guess this is normal. Still a lot of things to learn about how to do it all properly, but I guess I’m at least ok both in front and behind the camera considering I’ve never done any of this before. I’ve also figured out how to edit video, although this is still a serious learning process.
Apart from all this, life is pretty good. I even had someone I know from the UK that was over here for Computex come up to me and commenting on how happy I looked. I guess that’s a good thing 
It’s funny how things work out sometimes, but it looks like once again I’m off to new and exciting things, just fingers crossed that it all works out.
I’ve got a couple of things I need to finish off and get posted on the site and I’m really sorry about the lack of updates, but the past few weeks have been insanely busy.
So many things going on
Posted by thelostswede in blog on May 27th, 2009
Wow, sorry for the utter lack up updates, but I’ve been soooo busy as of lately.
So, I’m in the middle of launching netbooknews.com and we’ve already got content up on the site, but the official launch isn’t until Monday next week.
We’re going to be crazy busy covering Computex next week and I’m still going to cover the show for my old company as well.
Once Computex is over I’ll try to get a bit better at this whole blogging thing, but until then, you’ll have to make do with this.
Updating some old stuff
Posted by thelostswede in blog on March 30th, 2009
Right, I’ve been updating some older posts, as things have changed a little bit since I started this project and I’ve also had some additional information, alongside the fact that I’ve actually been to a few more of the supermarkets in the list I’ve done.
I’m going to try to add more stuff to the site as well, I’ve got a fair few restarant’s I should be writing up, but it all takes time. I also need to add more stuff to the FindIT map, but again, this is a hobby project and it’s not as if I have unlimited to do this.
On a more personal note, I’m busy working on a more serious project that will hopefully work out in the end, but as of right now it looks like it’ll be a lot of hard work. I guess there isn’t really much else to say at the moment, so just bare with me and hopefully everything will improve with time 
The FindIT map
Posted by thelostswede in blog on March 11th, 2009
As some of you might know, I’ve put together a list of eateries in Taiwan and made map links to Google maps. Then reading Forumosa last night, it struck me, why not do a map that links to anything and everything useful in Taiwan? So what I cam up with was the FindIT map (Find it in Taiwan, and yes I know there’s one i too many), a silly name, but hopefully this is something that people will find useful.
At the moment you can find it here or by selecting it from the How, where, what tab up top. I’m working on getting a front-end made that will make it a bit easier to use, but hopefully you can still work out how to use it. As long as you have a Google account you can also add your on bits to it, which was also part of the idea, as I only know where a fraction of everything here is located. Please let me know if there’s anything you think I can do to improve it and I hope this will become a useful resource for all foreigners in Taiwan, those living here and visitors alike.
Is it already March?
Posted by thelostswede in blog on March 4th, 2009
Wow, time really flies and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. The last couple of weeks made it seem like summer came early this year, but now it’s a bit colder and wetter again. There was talks about a draught here, as it hadn’t rained very much so far this spring which is unusual in Taiwan, but it looks like the next week is going to be wet, wet, wet, with a few thunderstorms to boot, which again isn’t common here. At least it’s been a long time since there’s been any large earth quakes which I guess isn’t a bad thing in itself, as long as it doesn’t mean it’s building up for a big one…
Right now things are just plodding along, nothing much new to report, just trying to get on with stuff and keep my fingers crossed that everything will work out in the long run. For those of you that live in Taiwan or are visiting, you might want to head to the Tavern this Thursday night, as the Taipei Tech Club is meeting up, if you’re interested in meeting up with some of the people that works in the tech industry here. We try to meet up once a month, although we’re not so well organised, so it happens a bit at a whim.
Well, I keep saying this, but I’m going to try to get better at updating this thing now when I have a proper host that makes it a bit easier. Until next time…