August 29, 2012
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I wrote a while ago about working most Fridays from coffee shops in the northern quarter of Manchester instead of working out of my home. However someone at work pointed me to this blog post from a guy who is … Continue reading
August 27, 2012
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Not written about TOS DR or Terms of Service Didn’t read. “I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web. We aim to fix that. ToS;DR aims at creating a transparent and peer-reviewed process to rate … Continue reading
August 27, 2012
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UKNova has always been a interesting place for a clue about the future (specially when they use to share the data of how many people were downloading what, and from which country). Its existed way before bbc iplayer, 4od and … Continue reading
August 26, 2012
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Apple have won their case against Samsung… A US court has ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05bn (£665m) in damages after upholding allegations that several Samsung devices had infringed Apple’s intellectual property, including design patents and some functionality. Samsung … Continue reading
August 24, 2012
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This camera by Nikon is a win for openness, google and of course android The first mainstream digital camera to be powered by Google’s Android system has been released by Nikon. The Japanese company’s point-and-shoot Coolpix S800c model is being … Continue reading
August 24, 2012
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I’m wondering if I should bite the bullet and install these alpha and beta plugins under Cubicgarden.com? In my mind it seems what you need for a federated/distributed blogging system is just a few plugins away? OStatus for WordPress turns … Continue reading
August 22, 2012
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If your like me, you may look at something like ioT and wonder what on earth does that stand for? Internet of Things… From a far it looks like one of those buzz terms like Ajax and Web 2.0 became. … Continue reading
August 20, 2012
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Online Dating Insider had a post about a new generation of Social dating sites… Social dating, you’re either building a social dating site, you’re on a social dating site, or you don’t know what it means and don’t care. The … Continue reading
August 16, 2012
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Congrats to the Woman’s Team of USA, as they won the London 2012 Olympics football. I had the pleasure of watching Canada vs Team USA in Manchester Utd’s Old Trafford stadium. Thrilling game ended in the last minute of extra … Continue reading
August 15, 2012
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Jon Udell asks, where have all the bloggers gone? Good question… I do tweet more than I blog, thats very true. I have Published 2,559 blogs (not including this one) and Tweeted29,087 (not including this one) but there not really … Continue reading
August 12, 2012
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Its another one of those pacemaker mixes which I’m specially enjoyed doing… There’s some real classic tunes and plenty of catchy anthems to get you up and dancing or deep into that code if your doing so. This time it … Continue reading
August 11, 2012
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I had the pleasure to experience the BBC Ultra hight definition and NHK’s Super Hi-Vision again today. There has been enough wrote about about Super Hi-Vision on the R&D Blog but I wanted to give my view on it. 16 … Continue reading
August 8, 2012
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Edd Dumbill talks about Google Now and how he uses it. Just as I thought its a very useful thing to have. …After some weeks of use, I wish Google Now was my phone’s default homescreen. I’d happily swipe left … Continue reading
August 5, 2012
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The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt wins on the very eve of Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary of Independence from Great Britain. Seemed very fitting for Bolt to not just win the men’s 100 meters but for his running partner to Yohan … Continue reading
August 5, 2012
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I got to say I’m really surprised how good the London Olympics has turned out. Charlie Brooker wrote this up in the Guardian recently which I can understand. I’m finding the Olympics hypnotically watchable, partly because the BBC’s coverage is … Continue reading