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  • The Asus EEE is for people with small hands and children

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I went over to try the ASUS EEE and it’s too small. Its got the feel of a child’s toy more than anything else. I’m a touch typist, I don’t look at the keyboard when I’m typing, I appreciate feminine beauty as it walks past me in the computer room.…

  • Podcrastinating

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutePodcrastinating, when you put off doing something because you prefer listening to a podcast instead. It’s when you know that you should be doing a number of things but because you want to listen to conversations you listen to podcasts instead. Those guilty for taking a lot of my time would…

  • Facebook and marketing

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I really wish i could vote for whether I like or hate the adverts that facebook are displaying in my news feed. The reason for this is simple. Whilst everyone else is complaining about how advertisers are destroying their privacy with targeted advertising I find the opposite is true. I’m…

  • Wphone as a wordpress admin tool

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a move away from desktops and laptops towards ultra portable devices like the ipod touch, HTC phones and more that enable you to connect to the web whilst on the move. As a result of this a new breed of services have come into being. Facebook and gmail are…

  • Adverts ignored on facebook

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor one of his campaigns, out of 10,080 impressions there were only 8 clicks. The average cost-per-click for Fred was $0.08 and the average CPM was $0.06. This is a less than stellar performance. (source) Of course people don’t click and there’s a really good reason. They go to facebook to…

  • A seesmic morning to you

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBig Red Nose Just one of many seesmic videos to come.

  • Welcome to the tweekend

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe tweekend is a weekend spent reading twitter posts by all those you are following. I found out about this word earlier today because i am following twitionary, an amusing dictionary that takes twitter terminology and brings it into every day parlance. No self respecting twitterholic should live without it. Kidding…

  • Apple phone show 22 is interesting and twitter tracking

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteApple Phone Show no. 22 is a particularly good episode. Andy Ihnatko and Scott Bourne discuss how to use the iPhone in real-life situations. It’s a precursor of things to come in the near future. I’ve decided to try Twitter tracking which works by you selecting which words you want to…

  • The Global Action Day For Burma – London

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday was the Global Action day for Burma. The event was centered around a march from the Tate Britain, via the Houses of Parliament before arriving at Trafalgar Square at which point several speeches were made. You can recognise those who were part of the protest for the red ribbons they…

  • Thoughts on Joost

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoost recently went out of private beta and anyone can join. It hasen’t changed much in the last few months in terms of look and interface and there are quite a few programs giving error messages. I’m already looking forward to what will come after Joost.