September 30, 2011
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I’ve been playing with a few services recently and I thought it might be worth blogging about… Diigo.com while moving away from delicious I found diigo did everything I needed a whole lot more. Ifttt.com also posted about if this … Continue reading
September 29, 2011
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Nice little paper written by Abigail DeKosnik of the University of California, Berkeley. Its also formed a part of my talk at BarCampMediaCity. One of the headings is the Advantages of Pirating TV and the subpoints are… Single Search Simple … Continue reading
September 29, 2011
by ianforrester
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I heard that Delicious was relaunching so I thought I’d check it out. I tried to login and it said there was a problem with my login and password. So after a series of 404′s and 502′s over 2 days, … Continue reading
September 28, 2011
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First impressions of the Amazon Kindle Fire? Fantastic! Its roughly a 7inch Kindle/Tablet with some decent power and enough storage for general consumption… And its only 199 dollars! That means even if they shift the dollars price over directly into … Continue reading
September 26, 2011
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Been thinking about getting a Tablet for a long while for the purposes of aiding with my needs to better write notes, recite things, etc. I was hoping the 7inch Samsung Galaxy tab would have dropped to much lower price by … Continue reading
September 25, 2011
by ianforrester
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Been meaning to blog about this for ages but once again BarCampMediaCity occupied most of my time over the last few weeks/month. I saw a blog post from the irresistible Tara Hunt and almost hit the roof when reading it… (Don’t worry there’s plenty … Continue reading
September 25, 2011
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Recently I’ve had the joy of taking the tram into work everyday. I keep meaning to buy a monthly pass but having to get a photocard done at the GMPTE (greater manchester transport, like TFL is to London) but forget. … Continue reading
September 22, 2011
by ianforrester
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I first read about if this then… on lifehacker today while riding into work on the tram. If This Then That is a simple to use tool to keep your social networks, to-do lists, RSS feeds, imaging sites, and all … Continue reading
September 19, 2011
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Its Monday evening and BarCampMediaCity is still deep in my thoughts for many reasons. It was a classic BarCamp with lots of incredible talks mixed in with a feeling of something new was happening. As we opened the door on BarCampMediaCity, people … Continue reading
September 11, 2011
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On the cusp of BarCampMediaCity (next weekend) I’m trying to think about all the things which follow on afterwards. One of the events coming along in the next 2 months is the Mozilla Media Festival which use to be the … Continue reading
September 10, 2011
by ianforrester
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I have been asking the question over and over in different circles, is there such a thing as a large scale eink display? It seems the answer is no but I’m more interested why not? Then yesterday while at lunch … Continue reading
September 4, 2011
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My parents (of all people) filled me in on this graffiti/street art project which took place in Bristol. Had no idea but good on Bristol Council for making this happen. I’m sure they must have seen the success from the … Continue reading
September 3, 2011
by ianforrester
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I’m in total limbo when it comes to Google and my friends Google Plus delivered a new way to classify your friends (although it was first seen in diaspora’s aspects) but I was using Gmail’s Contacts with the tagging previously. … Continue reading
September 3, 2011
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The ever lasting effect of the Internet on Television, or as I call it the TV post Internet. See Eric Schmidt’s Edinburgh Festival Keynote which can be read in full on PaidContent. The concept and idea of a BBC Micro … Continue reading
September 1, 2011
by ianforrester
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It wasn’t long ago that I removed the OKCupid application from my android phone because frankly it wasn’t all that and it was more like an extension of the website. But I was talking to my friend Nicola who I … Continue reading