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The Demise of Google reader

Mar 14, 2013

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in feedly, google, social media, tech related, Uncategorized

Reading Time: 2 minutesGoogle Reader was a great tool because it made gathering and sharing content from specific sources intuitive and easy. It provided us with one place from which to do most things. Today Google have announced that they are pulling the plug on Google reader. In my eyes Google reader had become obsolete…

Connecting – documentary

Jan 27, 2013

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in social media, tech related, Video

Reading Time: < 1 minuteConnecting (Full Film) from Bassett & Partners on Vimeo. A look at interactive design and the future of tech

Hike near Leysin in the Canton De Vaud

Nov 27, 2011

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in flickr, fun, lifestream, mobile, Nokia, Swiss walks

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday was a warm day. With a group of people we went to Leysin for a hike. Here are some pictures from the event. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157628177774925″]

A gorge and a Railway tunnel

Oct 29, 2011

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in flickr, French walks, fun, mobile

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I went exploring the French Jura in the hope of capturing some of the Autumnal colours. I drove an hour into the Jura and arrived at this place. They say that it’s a one hour walk but it took me less than that to cover. There is information along the…

Feedly for iPhone

Mar 29, 2011

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in feedly, iPhone, mobile, social media

Reading Time: 2 minutes Feedly is an application that takes google reader’s feeds and displays them in a more appealing manner. The browsing experience is more enjoyable as a result. The first item is displays on a splash page as ou see on the left. Flick to the right and you get a list of…

Geneva tweetup at the Bristol

Mar 27, 2011

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in Geneva, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter two years of online interactions I finally met certain Geneva twitter users. The tweetup took place at the Bristol Hotel in Geneva. There was a good group of people and they were what you would exepect from a tweetup. It was organised by bristolgva and here is some of the…

NewsRack

Feb 12, 2011

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in google, social media

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a while I have been looking for an external feedreader for reading the items collecting and stagnating in google reader. Yesterday I came across Newsrack and what I like is that it syncs instantly with the online version. As a result I can read the feeds on the macbook air when…

The small matter of Cairo

Feb 5, 2011

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in mobile streaming, observation, social media, social media living room, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat makes the situation in Cairo so interesting is the number of media outlets that you can use as sources. From 24 hour news channels like France 24, Al Jazeera, BBC World and others to individual people with mobile phones. For France 24 you have three languages to chose from, with…

Jaiku is back

Jan 22, 2011

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in social media, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRemember Jaiku? it’s that site that was compared to twitter and behaved like friendfeed before friendfeed existed. Over the last two days activity has increased on that site as at least twenty people go back to communicating on the site. It’s a throw back to a community that had been quite…

Glympse and real time location sharing

Jan 19, 2011

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in Android, Apple, Real Time Web, social media, social media living room

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlympse is a real time location software that allows you to share your location with twitter, facebook, by e-mail or via a number of other social networks. It is simple and intuitive to use. Connect your facebook, twitter and other services with the application. When you are heading to work or…

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