Category Archives: tech news

Real time search

Posted on August 31, 2010 by admin
Clock: Source - Wikimedia Commons

Much has been made of Google’s new Realtime Search facility, and I suspect that it will grow in use as a utility for accessing information on current events.  Until recently, twitter trending terms were used as a zeitgeist of current … Continue reading →

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Measurement and why we do it

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin
Measurement

This week I’ve rather been forced to consider measurement.  It’s not that I am against measurement; indeed I am an advocate of measurement as an essential tool for business, to appreciate performance, understand the market and find new opportunities.  But … Continue reading →

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Google Wave: a case study in why interaction design matters

Posted on August 5, 2010 by admin
Google Home Page c. 1998 From Wikipedia

When Google launched as a competitor search engine in 1996 there were two stand-out characteristics that separated the engine from its three major competitors, Yahoo, Infoseek/Go.com and AltaVista: 1. Pagerank: a system of ranking search results by inbound links that … Continue reading →

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Word of Mouth

Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin

Last night I was delighted to return home and find a link in my email inbox to the 1000Heads list of Thought Leaders in Word of Mouth. I admit to being very chuffed indeed to making this list, and to … Continue reading →

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Debate 2010 – The Telegraph

Posted on March 23, 2010 by admin

Last night I attended the soft launch of the Telegraph’s new resource for facilitating debate and idea generation, #debate2010. The facility is actually pretty simple, and is based on Salesforce architecture.  The technology itself could do with several useability improvements … Continue reading →

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#BeMyGuest Post at The Comms Corner

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

Thanks to Adam Vincenzini, I’ve contributed a guest post for #BeMyGuest month at Adam’s blog, The Comms Corner. I’ve written on the Art of Liveblogging and produced a few tips for aspirant live bloggers.

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The Myth of Success

Posted on January 28, 2010 by admin

Partly as a response to some of the feedback I’ve had on yesterday’s post and partly in response to feedback on twitter today, I’ve been driven to create another blog post on the notion of ‘success’ and how (traditional, and … Continue reading →

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Apple in perspective: obligatory iPad post

Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin
Smartphone market share

While all my geek friends are in a frenzy over the announcement of the new Apple iPad (based on a Star Trek PADD, looks like a Kindle, acts like an iPhone, priced like a Win/Linux laptop, and – best of … Continue reading →

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Privacy: what’s left?

Posted on January 11, 2010 by admin

It would be hard to miss the outcry online today, following the news of Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg’s comments in an interview that have been described in news media articles as saying that privacy is no longer ‘a social norm’.  … Continue reading →

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Rage Against X-Factor: Don’t kid yourself

Posted on December 21, 2009 by admin

I’ve been reading a lot of coverage over the ‘surprise’ Christmas #1 ‘hit’ (a 17 year old metal rap song from Rage Against the Machine).  And regardless of what you think about the campaign, the quality of the RATM song, … Continue reading →

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