February 22, 2013
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I can’t believe Stowe Boyd doesn’t get a single mention in this article about streams… So although the web has changed out of all recognition in two decades, our underlying metaphor for it probably hasn’t changed that much. And this … Continue reading
February 16, 2013
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Thanks to Teknoteacher for the tweet… alerting me to the Times review Just as I feared… Unfortunately very little airtime during new series “The year of making love” is given over to actual “science” involved Science…! Yes science we all … Continue reading
January 20, 2013
by ianforrester
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Its great looking through my Twitter archive/dump but its frustrating that I can only read half of the conversation. Funny looking back at this tweet as it was less than a week before I had my brush with death… 6 … Continue reading
January 20, 2013
by ianforrester
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Finally got the ability to download my tweets… Over 6 years of tweets in 6.8 meg of files. It comes in a zip file not a tar file which is interesting because Facebook uses Tars for its data dumps. Structures … Continue reading
December 2, 2012
by ianforrester
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A few blog posts ago I was talking about Cinema and the audience using their phones in the cinema to share the experience and hinted at some other things Cinema can learn from TV. Me and Hugh were arguing in … Continue reading
November 14, 2012
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Recently there has been a little bit of a hunt to find the answer to what a cubicgarden is on twitter using #whatisacubicgarden Some people found this while digging around the web… I forgot I wrote it while at BarCampLiverpool… … Continue reading
October 27, 2012
by ianforrester
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Straight out of the “No Sh*t Sherlock…” book…. Although I think its amazing what developers do, I can imagine how hard it must be to write decent decentralised software. The Diaspora guys spell out how difficult it is… which Adwale … Continue reading
September 26, 2012
by ianforrester
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Tent.is just launched yesterday… Unlike twitter, its a distributed service which means you can run your own or jump on someone else’s. Its not just Microblogging either, its more than just that. Tent.is is a Tent host. Tent is a protocol for distributed … Continue reading
September 16, 2012
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Channel4 is known for some very interesting social experiments including something which really gets at something which I have a lot of opinions about… However before I talk about that TV programme. Let me give you my thoughts on The … Continue reading
July 23, 2012
by ianforrester
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How do we make things move along quicker in the area of distributed/federated technology? Things are moving very slowly although it seems most of the components are in place. When I wrote the blog about Rebel mouse, I found some … Continue reading
July 14, 2012
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Its been a good load of years since I visited a promising startup in South Park, San Francisco called Twitter. Oh have they changed… There has been a whole number of stories and posts about how Twitter is locking down … Continue reading
July 14, 2012
by ianforrester
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I use to tweet from my Kindle to tweet interesting things I was reading but people and followers complained there was no link to the actual article or post. And to be honest they were right. Its frustrating that the … Continue reading
February 24, 2012
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I had to connect two things together earlier today. Found via Brooksoid, the oatmeal comic about trying to watch game of thrones. And Torrentfreak’s A Responsible Citizen Not Only Shares Culture, But Destroys The Copyright Industries. …sharing became a matter … Continue reading
January 7, 2012
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Since my brush with death its hard to remember all the people I have met in the past. I’m rubbish with names even though I do recognise them. Its noticeable because I was ever so good at holding peoples names in … 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