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Re: The continuing rise and rise of Chinese digital companies and technologies

Neal McQuaid — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:16:34 -0000

A good report but one suggestion (for all articles on TelecomTV) - could you please link to the original sources?! E.g. for above, here is the actual report from the OECD:
http://www.oecd.org/sti/oec...

Re: The waning need for speed

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:10:23 -0000

Interesting observations and largely consistent for most I expect. the only time I currently seeing a home using a significant proportion of bandwidth on a large pipe (say >20Mbit/sec) is a family with multiple users all streaming video from various sources (IP TV, Netflix, Youtube,
potentially recording some shows at same time, etc.). For many, we've now achieved the period that occurred in the early 1900's with electricity: at one point in time we had to run individual cables in a home for each device requiring power which largely consolidated down to one single large 'pipe' providing electricity to all devices. Broadband is no different.
Having said that, total usage per month is only going to continue to climb!

Re: The e-book, Chapter Two: in which we remember that we prefer paper after all

Neal McQuaid — Thu, 11 May 2017 04:36:13 -0000

"It might be that the ‘new thing’, in this case, was really the World Wide Web itself".

This describes almost everything related to telecommunications - in the same way the focus on trying to own telephony in the the traditional sense will be irrelevant in coming years.

Re: With your iPhone locked, ask Siri, “What’s my name?”

Neal McQuaid — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:33:24 -0000

The only way I can see this occurring is if the person had completely turned off any passcode (or fingerprint) on the device - i.e. slide to unlock and it goes straight to home screen?

Granted, non-password protected iPhones are rare. But not uncommon!

Re: Daily Stoke: Alex Honnold’s Heavy Metal Speed Solo

Neal McQuaid — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:13:16 -0000

Related, by all accounts (I'm sure you know him so can ask....), he recounted on a recent podcast (Enormocast? Tim Ferris? - I can't keep up anymore) of lapping this a few times back to back and knocking a lot more time than that off. I guess more importantly.....who cares, a highly amusing video and niche topic :)

Re: IoT development is outpacing its regulation – Telefonica

Neal McQuaid — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:44:45 -0000

hi, link to report? thanks....

Re: Photos — Neal McQuaid

Neal McQuaid — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 08:05:17 -0000

First very warm day in a while so I think Nature was busy getting active on the day we were there. Beautiful area!

Re: That Didn’t Need To Take An Hour

Neal McQuaid — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:20:51 -0000

I think I'll wait until the temperatures rise so it'll make for a more pleasant experience, however the walking meeting sounds like a great idea.
the critical one for me personally is 30-minute meetings for 'standard' meetings, plus ensuring to finish on time (and even better, 5-10 mins early) - if not, you're chasing yourself for the rest of the day.

Re: Now that everyone has set their new years resolutions, have you given enough time to follow through on them?

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:52:46 -0000

It's always the interesting challenge - sticking to a good plan. It's easy to make a plan but following through on it......
Thanks for reply Frederico!

Re: The Software and Services Apple Needs to Fix

Neal McQuaid — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:29:17 -0000

Great post. From writing above, many seem like they should be very manageable with some dedicated focus so here's hoping the right people are on the job. I'm optimistic enough that the iPhoto, photo stream, sync 'weirdness' at present is all in preparation for the new upcoming iPhoto....
iTunes - well, we can all hope that something refreshing appears in time!
Continuity is incredible when it works but still slightly inconsistent. I'm willing to give it slack in it's first incarnation however, it works a lot better than I expected considering the number of devices Apple has to content with.
Interesting times.

Re: Still a good tick list — Neal McQuaid

Neal McQuaid — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 06:42:40 -0000

Salut Pierre! :)
I don't know if it's necessarily handicaps but more a perspective that you're working to your own levels/targets - it's too easy to get sucked into comparing yourself to others. I've spent a bit of time this year working in year-style environment and it's been refreshing seeing their attitude to this concept - inspired by what others may be capable of doing but no-one is knocking their own capabilities, only focused on improving themselves.

As for that video you linked, fantastic! Hadn't see that one, very inspiring :)

Re: Red Bull magazine interview

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:19:21 -0000

Thanks Pierre. It was fun, and the most important comments I made were correctly reflected - you highlighted one of them yourself.
Nice to have the article there for posterity - I can look back on it when I'm old! ;)

Also, saw your other message and haven't forgotten about it - just been very very very(!) busy in the past few weeks. Hope you're well.....

Re: Red Bull magazine interview

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:17:29 -0000

Thanks :) It's nice to see a little record of activities through someone else's eyes and have the record of it!

Re: A climber with an injury - "six weeks off is nothing"

Neal McQuaid — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:50:16 -0000

I'll keep an eye out for you :)

Re: What do you learn from Ondra's onsight?

Neal McQuaid — Sat, 31 May 2014 06:52:37 -0000

good spot.
the other bit is (except for the end), no hesitation. Grab a hold and move without thinking saving energy....

Re: Love the game — Neal McQuaid

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 21 May 2014 08:28:09 -0000

it's pretty good :)

Re: Review: The Art and Science of Bouldering

Neal McQuaid — Mon, 19 May 2014 07:01:21 -0000

look forward to hearing what you think. I really liked the book, as much for flicking through for ideas/inspiration as learning anything.

Re: This site - — Neal McQuaid

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 14 May 2014 10:59:33 -0000

O.k. - I'll put some thought into it so that's it's actual useful information and not just-another-blog-post-on-coaching/training :)

Re: Building your pillar - improving your climbing

Neal McQuaid — Mon, 12 May 2014 16:00:10 -0000

It's such a cool video - very inspiring.
See you soon :)

Re: Age and climbing — Neal McQuaid

Neal McQuaid — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:30:44 -0000

Excellent! I was holding off writing this sort of comments myself as I wanted to see if people would lead the conversation. As you get older, there is definitely more 'responsibilities' to reduce the amount of time you can give to the sport. Having said that, it also changes the emphasis on the sport from quantity to 'quality' - you can't spend as much time at it so every attempt or opportunity has to count. There's a multitude of aspects to this - resting more, focusing on what you need to train/isolate to make your goals (with less time, you have to focus more), current generation being smarter about this sort of quality/quantity mindset also, etc etc.
Great reply :)

Re: The history of climbing walls in Ireland

Neal McQuaid — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:39:20 -0000

I know it well (I'm a local)! Unfortunately have no idea when it opened and no-one seems to have come up with a date.....

Re: The New Wave - breaking new ground

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:00:55 -0000

yeah, definitely. It's more a case of being smart - surround yourself by people who are better and they bring your standard up too :)

Re: Virtual Reality — Neal McQuaid

Neal McQuaid — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:41:50 -0000

Also seeing more and more apps like this appearing just for the iPad.
http://gigaom.com/2014/04/2...
Interesting times with data analysis

Re: The history of climbing walls in Ireland

Neal McQuaid — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:45:27 -0000

That's great - I'll hold off posting this location and image until we've an opening date. Great to get all these added.
Thanks for the reply.

Re: The history of climbing walls in Ireland

Neal McQuaid — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:44:50 -0000

a quick search on google popped that image up :)
I can't seem to find my old ones. Obviously early days in your photography work, hence the odd-ball stitch ;)