October 31, 2011
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Manchester Werewolf Chapter is back after a long delay and this time we’ve teamed up with the guys at Larkin About. Larkin about are the Manchester equivalent of Hide & Seek. They do social experimental games in and around Manchester. So its … Continue reading
October 31, 2011
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Had the joy of seeing Contagion last Wednesday at the Salford Cinema Club. After which I had to call my ex-wife to discuss. Sarah had applied to join the Centre for Diseases and Control (CDC) back before we ever met and … Continue reading
October 30, 2011
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I was listening to Twit networks Triangulation number 28 with Jeff Jarvis recently… Jeff Jarvis’s way of approaching the world is similar to the way I see things. Funny enough Leo Laporte also lives his life mainly in public too. Known as an American … Continue reading
October 24, 2011
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I’ve said nothing about recently Steve Jobs, his death was very sad just like anyone who dies earlier than there potential age. His cancer wasn’t just life threatening it was a killer. Saying all that, however I do have serious problems with … Continue reading
October 21, 2011
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Data is a really interesting but you already knew that… I hope… Qriously insights reminds me of the excellent insights we use to get from OkTrends (okcupid’s blog) before Match.com bought it (wheres the cool insights now then?). In aggregation there … Continue reading
October 21, 2011
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The concept is simple… Imagine if your Twitter client was crossed with your mail client? Tweetdig is exactly that. Currently in private beta although it feels slightly more like a alpha. I was lucky to gain a activation code when … Continue reading
October 18, 2011
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I recently filled in a group of people at work about how I work, and I thought it might be interesting to readers of my blog… I have the Thinkpad X220 which is a BBC R&D laptop and running Ubuntu … Continue reading
October 18, 2011
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One of the sessions at BarCampBlackpool was the idea of playing werewolf, mafia or even the thing (which I will get into in a second) online. There’s been many attempts at this including the commercial ones. But every once in a … Continue reading
October 17, 2011
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I recently got fed up of waiting for someone to create a Google tasks application for Ubuntu/Linux and so when I read Wunderlist was available for Linux, I decided to switch. Wunderlist I had heard about before but this was … Continue reading
October 9, 2011
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Just in-case you had any reasons why you shouldn’t be at the Mozilla Festival? Here’s a whole bunch of reasons why you should be there. As most of you already know, we’re running the Dj and Vj Challenges during the … Continue reading
October 9, 2011
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“FLOSS” (Free/Libre/Open Source Software), and “FOSS” (or F/OSS, Free and Open Source Software). I attended the Floss Unconference fest yesterday at Manchester Conference centre (a location I had planned to use for BarCampManchester2 due to their ability to do overnights and … Continue reading
October 5, 2011
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I think we can pretty much say its the end of the road for the Mpeg3 players. Microsoft pretty much ported the zune software to their new Microsoft Phone 7 operating system, Apple have done the same and look to … Continue reading
October 4, 2011
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Sriram Peruvemba, vice president of marketing at Eink, gives us the latest news from Eink, they announced that they will ship between 25 million and 30 million Eink screens this year, just for the Eink e-readers like the Kindle 4 … Continue reading
October 3, 2011
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Not wrote anything about London’s TechCity and Silicon Roundabout for quite sometime but I’ve been thinking about it… The recent talk from Matt Brittin at MediaCityUK reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while. The … Continue reading
October 2, 2011
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I knew September onwards was going to be busy but this is getting a little out of control… 17/18th September – BarCampMediaCity 24/25th September – Stag-Do in Manchester for Harry Jones 1/2nd October – Harry’s Wedding 4th October – #SMC_MCR … Continue reading