Comments for Dave Reinhardt http://davereinhardt.com I think about things. I wrote some of those thoughts down. Tue, 24 May 2011 20:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My window bet project gains some notoriety by End of the season, end of @TheWindowBet project | Dave Reinhardt http://davereinhardt.com/2010/09/my-window-bet-project-gains-some-notoriety/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 End of the season, end of @TheWindowBet project | Dave Reinhardt Tue, 24 May 2011 20:56:13 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=638#comment-1882 [...] The web is full of serendipitous connectivity. [...] [...] The web is full of serendipitous connectivity. [...]

]]> Comment on Surely the bookie always wins? My project for the 2010 / 2011 Premiership season by End of the season, end of @TheWindowBet project | Dave Reinhardt http://davereinhardt.com/2010/08/surely-the-bookie-always-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 End of the season, end of @TheWindowBet project | Dave Reinhardt Tue, 24 May 2011 20:47:03 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=565#comment-1881 [...] the launch of the 2010/2011 season I kicked off a little project. The general premise was to take out the bet in the bookie’s window each week and see who [...] [...] the launch of the 2010/2011 season I kicked off a little project. The general premise was to take out the bet in the bookie’s window each week and see who [...]

]]> Comment on iPhone apps I'd spend a few bob on by kishor http://davereinhardt.com/2010/02/iphone-apps-id-spend-a-few-bob-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 kishor Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:10:24 +0000 http://davereinhardt.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-1484 A similar app for android platform to shop tesco groceries can be found here: www.gkishor.net/2011/02/android-app-to-shop-tesco-com-groceries A similar app for android platform to shop tesco groceries can be found here:
http://www.gkishor.net/2011/02/android-app-to-shop-tesco-com-groceries

]]> Comment on iPhone apps I'd spend a few bob on by David Reinhardt http://davereinhardt.com/2010/02/iphone-apps-id-spend-a-few-bob-on/comment-page-1/#comment-450 David Reinhardt Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:40:50 +0000 http://davereinhardt.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-450 Tesco have announced a grocery ordering app. I was ahead of my time. :-) http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/09/08/tesco-to-launch-iphone-grocery-app/ Tesco have announced a grocery ordering app. I was ahead of my time. :-)

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/09/08/tesco-to-launch-iphone-grocery-app/

]]> Comment on I think there should be a new word describing somebody who has presence all over the web by Twitted by davereinhardt http://davereinhardt.com/2010/08/i-think-there-should-be-a-new-word-describing-somebody-who-has-presence-all-over-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Twitted by davereinhardt Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:20:48 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=604#comment-397 [...] This post was Twitted by davereinhardt [...] [...] This post was Twitted by davereinhardt [...]

]]> Comment on Will you be leaving Microsoft for Google? by David Reinhardt http://davereinhardt.com/2009/07/will-you-be-leaving-microsoft-for-google/comment-page-1/#comment-387 David Reinhardt Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:51:13 +0000 http://davereinhardt.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-387 Universal search across mail and enterprise apps further reinforces my opinion. http://bit.ly/bQ7jPs (Mashable) Yossi - it's a year later and we're not yet seeing Chrome challenge in the Netbook market. I think Linux distros are more relevant in the enterprise back-office / infrastructure space than the consumer market. Consumers mostly want "plug and play" which sadly still means MS and Mac. Universal search across mail and enterprise apps further reinforces my opinion.

http://bit.ly/bQ7jPs (Mashable)

Yossi – it’s a year later and we’re not yet seeing Chrome challenge in the Netbook market. I think Linux distros are more relevant in the enterprise back-office / infrastructure space than the consumer market. Consumers mostly want “plug and play” which sadly still means MS and Mac.

]]> Comment on Surely the bookie always wins? My project for the 2010 / 2011 Premiership season by Tweets that mention Surely the bookie always wins? My project for the 2010 / 2011 Premiership season | Dave Reinhardt -- Topsy.com http://davereinhardt.com/2010/08/surely-the-bookie-always-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Tweets that mention Surely the bookie always wins? My project for the 2010 / 2011 Premiership season | Dave Reinhardt -- Topsy.com Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:51:47 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=565#comment-372 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David Reinhardt and Soccer News, Beat the bookie. Beat the bookie said: here's what this Twitter stream is all about http://bit.ly/windowbet #premiership #football #soccer [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David Reinhardt and Soccer News, Beat the bookie. Beat the bookie said: here's what this Twitter stream is all about http://bit.ly/windowbet #premiership #football #soccer [...]

]]> Comment on Getting great pictures at the Tour de France by christine http://davereinhardt.com/2010/07/getting-great-pictures-at-the-tour-de-france/comment-page-1/#comment-353 christine Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:52:04 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=504#comment-353 Getting the accreditation wasn't actually that difficult. Mainly because my friend was editor of the SA Times back then. I convinced her that it was a reach-for-a-dream type situation, and I mentioned in my application to ASO that we don't often have South Africans in the Tour. The funny thing is, I thought I wouldn't push my luck and ask for accreditation for the whole tour, so only asked for the London stages, and picked another random stage - Montpellier - because I'd been there before and I thought it would be easy to get to. In the end I couldn't go - and that's where Robbie won! Fortunately I was still on a high from the London stages, so tried not to let it get to me. Pretty sure my pass wouldn't have let me anywhere near the finish line anyway. But still. Don't know if you saw the Tour of Britain Cav pics? They're not great by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm very fond of them. Was very lucky with those. Got another pass for that London stage/prologue. (Not so easy these days - need indemnity insurance etc.) After Robbie Hunter started his time-trial, I just wandered onto the finishing stretch (can't believe they just let me in there), took this pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisitv/3780596238/, wandered to the bit where they were cooling down, and caught this http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisitv/3779784357/in/set-72157601948878699/ - not knowing he'd won the stage. Funny! The press card was only valid for two years, and the SA Times died and got taken over by TNT. Might approach a paper in SA next year. Just thought of something - you're not into rugby and/or golf by any chance? I'm looking for someone to help me shoot a charity golf day. (2008 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisitv/sets/72157608583888342/with/2994365637/) It's on the 5th October, and will be a fairly long day. If you're keen, let me know and I'll send you some details. (Assuming you live in the UK!) Getting the accreditation wasn’t actually that difficult. Mainly because my friend was editor of the SA Times back then. I convinced her that it was a reach-for-a-dream type situation, and I mentioned in my application to ASO that we don’t often have South Africans in the Tour. The funny thing is, I thought I wouldn’t push my luck and ask for accreditation for the whole tour, so only asked for the London stages, and picked another random stage – Montpellier – because I’d been there before and I thought it would be easy to get to. In the end I couldn’t go – and that’s where Robbie won! Fortunately I was still on a high from the London stages, so tried not to let it get to me. Pretty sure my pass wouldn’t have let me anywhere near the finish line anyway. But still.

Don’t know if you saw the Tour of Britain Cav pics? They’re not great by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m very fond of them. Was very lucky with those. Got another pass for that London stage/prologue. (Not so easy these days – need indemnity insurance etc.) After Robbie Hunter started his time-trial, I just wandered onto the finishing stretch (can’t believe they just let me in there), took this pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisitv/3780596238/, wandered to the bit where they were cooling down, and caught this http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisitv/3779784357/in/set-72157601948878699/ – not knowing he’d won the stage. Funny!

The press card was only valid for two years, and the SA Times died and got taken over by TNT. Might approach a paper in SA next year.

Just thought of something – you’re not into rugby and/or golf by any chance? I’m looking for someone to help me shoot a charity golf day. (2008 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisitv/sets/72157608583888342/with/2994365637/)
It’s on the 5th October, and will be a fairly long day. If you’re keen, let me know and I’ll send you some details. (Assuming you live in the UK!)

]]> Comment on Getting great pictures at the Tour de France by David Reinhardt http://davereinhardt.com/2010/07/getting-great-pictures-at-the-tour-de-france/comment-page-1/#comment-349 David Reinhardt Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:38:26 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=504#comment-349 Christine, thanks for the comment. How did you manage to blag a press badge? That would be amazing. I empathise with the bladder story. First year I caught the tour (2005) I was an inexperienced kippie having just moved to the UK a few weeks previously. I found a spot opposite where you stood (i.e. corner of Rue de Rivoli, but outside corner rather than inside) at about 07h30 thinking it would be a great day out. At about 10h00 I found out we were "boxed in", i.e. if we left our little area the gendarmerie weren't letting us back in. Well - I was knyping for the next 8 hours, it wasn't pretty. But, I had been watching on tele since 1989 and wasn't giving up my boyhood dream of seeing the yellow jersey come past just in case of a bit of bladder infection! That's what motivated me buying hospitality seats the following year. I looked at some of your shots, they're pretty amazing. I'm particularly loving the young Cav in T mobile gear. Christine, thanks for the comment. How did you manage to blag a press badge? That would be amazing.

I empathise with the bladder story. First year I caught the tour (2005) I was an inexperienced kippie having just moved to the UK a few weeks previously. I found a spot opposite where you stood (i.e. corner of Rue de Rivoli, but outside corner rather than inside) at about 07h30 thinking it would be a great day out. At about 10h00 I found out we were “boxed in”, i.e. if we left our little area the gendarmerie weren’t letting us back in. Well – I was knyping for the next 8 hours, it wasn’t pretty. But, I had been watching on tele since 1989 and wasn’t giving up my boyhood dream of seeing the yellow jersey come past just in case of a bit of bladder infection! That’s what motivated me buying hospitality seats the following year.

I looked at some of your shots, they’re pretty amazing. I’m particularly loving the young Cav in T mobile gear.

]]> Comment on Getting great pictures at the Tour de France by christine http://davereinhardt.com/2010/07/getting-great-pictures-at-the-tour-de-france/comment-page-1/#comment-336 christine Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:37:49 +0000 http://davereinhardt.com/?p=504#comment-336 Great article Dave, and great pics! Pretty sure I discovered your Flickr pics way back in 2007 (after that year's Tour de France). Was lucky enough to blag a press pass for the London stage that year, which helped a great deal. Such a great experience. (I'm sure I looked like a stalker.) Went to the final stage for the first time this year, and knew from the start I couldn't go to the Champs Elysees unless I was with a big group. (Smallest bladder in the world!) In the end I chose to stand on the inside corner of the Rue de Rivoli and the Tuileries garden, as they exit the tunnel. I thought it wouldn't be too crowded, and that they'd have to slow down slightly approaching the turn. And, most importantly, that I would be near a loo! Was perfect really. I only went there at noon. There weren't too many people. And the ones I met were perfectly happy to keep my spot if I had to go anywhere. Great vibe as well. Near a bar. And lots of hard core Norwegian fans. Strangely enough, I didn't think about the photography side of it until it was all over. So my pics are rubbish (flickr.com/photos/sisitv), but next time I'll be better prepared! We're thinking about going to the grand départ next year (it starts near a friend's place in france), and we might do one of the mountain stages as well. (Though we say that EVERY year.) Great article Dave, and great pics! Pretty sure I discovered your Flickr pics way back in 2007 (after that year’s Tour de France). Was lucky enough to blag a press pass for the London stage that year, which helped a great deal. Such a great experience. (I’m sure I looked like a stalker.)
Went to the final stage for the first time this year, and knew from the start I couldn’t go to the Champs Elysees unless I was with a big group. (Smallest bladder in the world!)
In the end I chose to stand on the inside corner of the Rue de Rivoli and the Tuileries garden, as they exit the tunnel. I thought it wouldn’t be too crowded, and that they’d have to slow down slightly approaching the turn. And, most importantly, that I would be near a loo! Was perfect really. I only went there at noon. There weren’t too many people. And the ones I met were perfectly happy to keep my spot if I had to go anywhere. Great vibe as well. Near a bar. And lots of hard core Norwegian fans. Strangely enough, I didn’t think about the photography side of it until it was all over. So my pics are rubbish (flickr.com/photos/sisitv), but next time I’ll be better prepared!
We’re thinking about going to the grand départ next year (it starts near a friend’s place in france), and we might do one of the mountain stages as well. (Though we say that EVERY year.)

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