End of 2006: Books

Here’s the pathetic list of books I managed to read this year. Excuses: new job, wedding, house move. 11. The Prone Gunman – Jean-Patrick Manchette10. He Died With His Eyes Open – Derek Raymond9. The Damned United – David Peace8. Four Stories – Alan Bennett7. The Complete Talking Heads – Alan Bennett6. Writing Home – … Keep reading

links for 2006-12-30

Q&A With Jimmy Wales On Search Wikia (tags: search wikipedia google Q&A wikia wiki interview) hyprtext (tags: web2.0 blog hyprtext social networking) Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO » My thoughts on recent Google tips (tags: google ads tips evil) Google: Good or Evil? (tags: google blake ross matt cutts dave winer) Breakfast with Sam … Keep reading

Quicktime video in Ubuntu

I want to watch this video in FireFox on Ubuntu. Anyone know how I can? Technorati Tags: scobleshow, sam sethi, quicktime, ubuntu

Google: Good or Evil?

There has been much discussion of late about Google’s antics in providing ‘tips’ at the top of searches. For example, try running a search on the word ‘blogging‘. What’s that, just under the sponsored links? A tip telling us to give Blogger a go! Not WordPress.com, or LiveJournal, or TypePad, but Blogger, Google’s own blogging … Keep reading

ScribeFire

I wrote a couple of days ago about the purchase of Performancing Metrics by PayPerPost. The Performancing blog editor and advertising partnership programme were to be continued by the same team under different banners. Well, the blog editor is now going to be called ScribeFire, which is a nice enough name. You can still download … Keep reading