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I facilitated a discussion at Bizcamp Dublin last Saturday. The talk was called: “Simple Project Management for Startups”. 40-50 people showed up for the talk and we had a good lively discussion on the challenges startups and small companies face managing projects and staying focussed.

You can get the slides on slideshare.

If you have any feedback I’d love to hear it.

The day itself was massive. A group of volunteers put together a conference that was as good as any expensive professional event I’ve been at. The next time you see a mention of a Bizcamp be sure to go along.

Earlier this year we facilitated a discussion on simple planning techniques for startups at Bizcamp Limerick. We discussed Scrum, Getting Things Done (GTD) and The 4-hour Work Week. We’re going to facilitate another discussion on this subject at the upcoming Bizcamp in Dublin on September 19th 2009.

You can find the slides on SlideShare.

Please send us recommendations of other techniques and tools that might be useful for planning startup businesses.

I was a bit of a late adopter when it came to the iPhone. I bought an iPod Touch in the early days as a development device. I was happy with my bulletproof old Nokia 6233 which could take passable video and only needed charging every five days. Then the iPhone 3GS came out. It had video and a battery that lasted more than a day.

It only took one more train journey to Dublin, squinting at the Gmail java app on my Nokia to set off the nagging in the back of my head. Eventually I gave in and bought an iPhone 3GS.

I’m pleasantly surprised when it comes to the battery life on the iPhone. Here are some stats from my phone at the moment.

• Time since last charge: 4 days 2 hours
• Usage since last charge: 4 hours
• Charge remaining: 13%

I’m not a very heavy user of the phone, but the iPhone has been used more than the Nokia especially for browsing/twitter.

I turn off the radios at night. It seems to lose only 3% charge overnight. I have 3G off, Wifi on and push notifications off.