Embedded Video, how exciting!

Thanks Warren (http://fitbrits.blogspot.com/) for the tutorial on embedding a video in your blog, here's the result!


If someone can now help me get the paragraph spacing right, it'll be perfect! (Hint)

Thanks so much to Neil http://www.husqvarnastudio.co.uk/ for giving up his time for free (and if you knew him you'd know what a gift that is!) and talking to us about customer service. I hope you found it enlightening. Dan, that bottle of Cava disappeared...has your mum bought that sewing machine yet? Anyhow- thanks Arkwright, it was a good one. We'll return to the subject very soon, I am sure!

I had the following email from Chris Davies http://www.bigtreeproject.org/ and will pass it on as requested - "Could you also pass on to Hive students Open Office http://www.openoffice.org/ You can open all Word, PowerPoint and spreadsheet documents, etc... AND its 100% FREE!"

I have been having a number of conversations with people about Intellectual Property (IP). I heard a really interesting Radio 4 programme last week called The Bottom Line, all about Trade Secrets and IP. It's hosted by Evan Davis, the guy in charge of the Dragons Den! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bottomline/bottomline.shtml. You can download the podcast or listen online within a week of the episode. It's worth 30 minutes listen anyway, I listen whilst I am washing pots!

(Why is there so much washing up by the way? There are only two humans in our house, but tons of washing up everyday..how does that happen? Is the dog leaving his washing up for me to do when I get back from work, are my neighbours eating their tea at my house, have I got greedy ghosts?)

align="justify">The Hive is a member of East Midlands Incubation Network http://www.emincubation.co.uk/ , as a result I get a newsletter from them each week. This week's newletter had news of the following e-tool which you may find useful. Iwatched the first five minutes, have a look and make up your own mind http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/multimedia/

News- update on the latest

I'm in holiday come down mode. It's rubbish when you get back from your week in the sun and everyone says 'You don't look that brown!' Let me just say this, I am browner than my holiday buddy Wendy... admittedly she has got red hair and pale skin, more of a Scottish tan really.

As a result, I'm not really feeling like posting this blog. So if it just turns into a random list of links, bear with me and plough through them.

• Don't forget next week's Pathway to Enterprise Event on Customer Service, led by Neil Coles. I shall be his stooge for this seminar, so sympathetic faces in the class please. 10th October 2007, at the Hive 12 - 2pm (Lunch included) please book your place before it's too late!

• Whilst I was away, I received details of another business plan competition run by HSBC and supported by NCGE. You should consider entering if you are either a student or have graduated in the last year since May 2006. Prizes are good though, up to £20,000, so if you feel it’s worth trying for, please let us know and we'll do our utmost to help. The closing date is Friday 23rd November but click the link for further details
  
  http://www.unipreneurs.hsbc.co.uk/index.php

• A big thank you to all of you who provided me with information for the Business profiles to use in the recent NTU celebration of progress across the University over the past 3 years. They were really great and very useful. We used some of them as A4 size posters on the stands outlining and also produced a rolling display of Hive Business Winners, which outlined your names, Company name, logos, photos etc and just one or two key points from the information you provided us with. Many thanks for your help

• Last link provided by Warren, try it, it helps you calculate how many calories you burn ding all sorts of activities, check out the church dancing!! http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/search.php?searchpro=dancing&search_type=activities&grp_id

getting closer to video podcasting...

I was trying to get this video podcast thingy to work on blogger in draft. But since at present I am having difficulty, here the link, instead!


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g


I found this on the blog from the nlabwomen Women, Business and Blogging Conference http://groups.google.com/group/nlabwomen

It kind of says it all about web 2.0...