Nothing worth saying or hearing31.10.10 UPDATED...THAT didn't really work particularly well. It was supposed to be an audio post, sent via Pixelpipe to Audioboo but seems to have gone everywhere else as well (without the audio clip).I've been relying a lot more on Pixelpipe to send things in recent months, and since my phone stopped... Continue Reading →
Websites and apps I really need to find the time to explore further
Time is a precious resource. There is never any of it to spare during the working day; it zips past at weekends at super speed and creaks by during meetings and dental appointments at a glacial pace. All this means there are various online sites and applications that I don't have time to do anything... Continue Reading →
Graphs, charts and tools to monitor your Twitter growth and reach
After Hanoi-based Steve Jackson (@ourman) tweeted "Is there any online software that will turn your Twitter activity into a graph?" I had a look through recommendations he received in reply and I thought I'd give them a try, alongside some of the ones I use regularly, or ones I've stumbled across and meant to use.... Continue Reading →
Freedom of Information Act: not the only option, but sometimes the only known option
I'd guess a lot of people are in the dark about who to speak to when trying to obtain information about something other than bin deliveries or council surgeries.They also have no real idea how to go about finding out, short of ringing the local council switchboard (IF they can find such a general number)... Continue Reading →
Making a 3D Photosynth and Microsoft ICE panorama
Image via CrunchBaseI've been meaning to play with Photosynth for a while... over a year actually; Steve Clayton ran through the idea at TEDx Liverpool in 2009 but I stowed it away in the 'things to investigate' file and only got round to remembering it after it was mentioned again at the recent news:rewired conference.But... Continue Reading →
Using comic strip tools to create content
Here's a quick idea for some fun website content that takes seconds to make, and which can really personalise a story and make it sing a little... add a bespoke comic strip. This is my attempt, using Stripgenerator - it took me a couple of minutes from signing up to designing a character, to completing my... Continue Reading →
Visualising data: are the statistics provided always the right ones to use?
It was Liverpool's first Social Media Cafe Liverpool #smcliv last night and I'd be amazed, given the way it went, if there wasn't another one taking place very shortly.I was one of the speakers (report of the evening will be on my work blog later today) but this post is a bit different; I wanted to write... Continue Reading →
Llightening talks and more from Liver and Mash – Mashed Libraries 2010
I spent an informative morning at the Mashed Libraries event in Liverpool on Friday. I don't normally go around crashing unconferences but I'd been asked to speak, and as a result I got to sit in on some really informative and fun presentations. The sessions I heard included Mike Nolan, Head of Web Services at... Continue Reading →
Making maps to challenge readers with UMapper
I'm not normally a big fan of verbing words but today I've been Umapping. Or, to be more specific, I discovered a mapping tool that has a neat little online game you can make,to send users clicking against the clock, trying to answer questions on a global or local scale. My UMapper map - imaginatively... Continue Reading →
Journalist or blogger? Both, please.
The above is taken from Dictionary.net; I screengrabbed it as I particularly like the 'interchange' reference in no.2. I think it's something that newsrooms can lose sight of from time to time.How does a journalist come to accept and embrace the idea of 'interchange', when the industry is founded on 'imparting'? I'd suggest the learning... Continue Reading →
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