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The Macbook Air

Jan 15, 2008

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI really wanted a small device mid way between the ipod touch and the macbook but Apple have decided to come out with a thin rather than small device with five hours of battery life and a solid state drive. These are great features but the device is so incredibly limited…

The year the Internet lost the cloak of anonimity.

Dec 31, 2007

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richard

in observation, seesmic, social media, social networking, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis has to be the year where I have met the most people online before meeting them in person, which is quite amusing. It’s also the year that warzabidul as a nickname became a person in the physical world to more than two or three people. It’s the year an online…

The Seesmeetup

Dec 29, 2007

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in fun, London, observation, seesmic, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s taken no more than a few days from the time I first saw Fred2baro on seesmic to our first meeting with Deek in London for the first Seesmeetup… so called. In fact it was both Sizemore that had the first meeting although more private in nature. One of the questions…

Posting about friends

Nov 28, 2007

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richard

in observation, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen people write about friends should they post their twitter profile page or the websites their friends are working on. I’m asking this question because whilst reading a post today I was interested in the ability to follow these friends and see what they’re up to rather than read the website.…

On the Importance of understanding what you are writing about

Nov 27, 2007

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richard

in observation, Post-university life, random, social media, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNick O’Neill needs to do more research. Most of what he writes is speculative based on two or three months of research rather than sociological research. He goes after trends and gut feelings. As a result whilst his content is interesting to keep a track of it’s not relevant to the…

why RSS feeds should be complete

Nov 27, 2007

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richard

in observation, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen you’re creating web content that’s fed please think about those that are reading your feed from a device that is disconnected. here I am on a train and I’m captive to the content that you make available on your feed. Some feeds have the full article but others don’t. The…

Print advertising and google

Nov 19, 2007

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richard

in observation, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe way we’re consuming information has changed completely. i see the freesheets as doomed and look forward to the day when more and more people have ipod touch like devices. I want to see a world where you select the news and information you consume as you’re on the room rather…

Black Gold – Documentary about ethiopia and coffee

Oct 28, 2007

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richard

in observation, Post-university life

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst in Paris I was given a coffee due to a misunderstanding between the waitress, a friend and I and as a result this was the first coffee I ever finished. It’s almost a week later and I’ve just been to see the documentary Black Gold which discusses the plight of…

503 is an interesting protest documentary.

Oct 22, 2007

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in observation, reviews

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhenever I hear that people are protesting I discount this as bored people keeping themselves entertained but upon watching the film 503 I changed my mind. The documentary is about the protests that took place over a period of 503 days when Augusto Pinochet was kept under house arrest in England…

Current Affairs in Podcast Form

Oct 19, 2007

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richard

in observation, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is an increasing number of professional outfits now offering their content in podcast form, from Euronews to the BBC, from Reuters to The Guardian and others. As a result there are a number of great resources for news content. The Media guardian was one of the earlier outputs and concentrated mainly…

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