Archives for 2007

links for 2007-12-31

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Twins reunited, after 35 years apart To separate at birth... right or wrong? Interesting ethical dilemma to kick off ...


A week offline (well just about anyway) and google reader is telling me I have over 3000 unread items... So I have just hit the "Mark ...


Twitter free

I'm back online after a week of photosynthesis and I find Twitter is down for quite a while for maintenance. I wonder if this means people ...


If you have five minutes to spare, Elliott Masie wants to know.


Why design?

Philippe Starck does his turn at TED. Don't look up, it's a trap. [Via Richard Sambrook]


Bill Ives at FastForward blog writes about how the software company Serena has adopted Facebook as its corporate intranet. They're using it to take their 800 ...


Dust to digital dust

Before the internet, dying was a simple business. What you said, wrote, created in your lifetime lived on in people's memories, passed down the generations and ...


Someone once asked "If you died, how many of your Facebook friends would come to your funeral?" Rather morbid, but they had a point. I said "How ...


Yesterday about thirty Intranetters (thanks to Andrew for pointing me towards the yahoo group) got together in central London. It was a really good event - ...


links for 2007-12-05

BBC NEWS | Technology | Factfile: XO laptop (tags: olpc laptop xo)


links for 2007-11-29

What the Google Intranet Looks Like Google inside. Via tracking "intranet" on Twitter. (tags: google intranet)


links for 2007-11-26

FreeRice will donate 10 grains of rice for every correct answer 3,664,079,450 grains since 7th October. "WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve ...


This series of short articles explains some simple and free ways to use the internet to keep tabs on the subjects you're interested in. I'm ...


A lot of bottle

This is brilliant! My Aussie friend John sent this to me asking... "who says we don't have culture in Australia?"


Bonus-centred design

We've all seen it. The dreaded "Skip Intro". The picture of the boss on the homepage obscuring any useful content or functionality. I was just discussing this with ...


I've had my Nokia N95 phone since June. I'm pretty pleased with it. It's good for looking at websites, the camera is great despite the ...


In this series of short articles, I'm looking at different ways of subject-tracking on the internet. Previous articles covered Google Alerts and Technorati Watchlists. This article is ...


links for 2007-11-21

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Competitions code unveiled by BBC "The code says every entry to a contest 'should have a fair chance of winning' and ...


links for 2007-11-20

Long vs. Short Articles as Content Strategy (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) (tags: cost benefit content jakobnielsen web usability)


Today Martin Belam publishes the scores from his excellent series of articles looking at the accessibility of the UK's main national newspaper websites. The Times came ...


How do you keep on top of everything everyone’s saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I’m going ...


Welcome to England!

To mark last week's change of London's Eurostar terminus from Waterloo to St Pancras here's a photo I snapped from the bus a couple of ...


links for 2007-11-17

Sam Murphy on the new approach to running that reduces the risk of injury | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited (tags: running alexander technique injury guardian ...


How do you keep on top of everything everyone's saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I'm going ...


links for 2007-11-14

News From Roullier White East Dulwich blog from Roullier White shop on Lordship Lane. (tags: eastdulwich se22 london roullierwhite blog local)