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“This site was set up with aim of creating a community of innovators interested in the scope for transforming the public sector.” Looks good, and WordPress based. Via Jeremy Gould.
Month: November 2007
links for 2007-11-23
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edmittance’s bookmarks on del.icio.us
Ed Mitchell’s shared bookmarks are a real treasure trove. Well worth subscribing to!
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Lee Hopkins on the software that helps him work. Some cool stuff here, including SnagIt! and Xilisoft Video Converter.
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Rumour: News Corp to buy LinkedIn
Interesting story from Mike Butcher at TechCrunchUK. I haven’t used LinkedIn for a while, but have been getting a steady stream of connections so it might be worth re-engaging with it.
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Spresent.com – Presentations for New Web
Spresent is another online presentation service, like Google’s and Zoho’s.
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Lovely poster, I want one of these!
Be More Productive with Web 2.0
Here’s a little presentation I have cobbled together to try and show what’s possible with a web browser these days. It certainly isn’t intended to be comprehensive, rather to give folk an idea of where they can go to start experimenting. Feel free to use it, edit it, do whatever you like with it.
[slideshare 175910 be-more-productive-with-web-2-1195739427150628-3]
Firefox 3 Beta
Have downloaded and am using the FireFox 3 beta, partly out of interest but also because of the many problems I have been having with version 2 since I switched to Vista.
I’ve found myself having to reinstall FF on an almost daily basis, as it just won’t load otherwise. A real pain in the neck. Anyway, the new beta has already been slammed in TechCrunch, and I’m already annoyed because none of my extensions work with it – something I probably should have predicted. The big problem I currently have with it is the fact that I can’t download anything – it just doesn’t happen. I’m having to flick to IE everytime I need to download a file.
Google Maps API
I have had a really great idea for a little site that I think will be of use to quite a few people in the UK. Trouble is, it relies on using the Google Maps API, and I haven’t a clue how that works, despite my recent best efforts trawling through the documentation.
The basic idea is pretty simple: a homepage with a zoomable map of the UK on it , with markers on the map which when clicked display information about that location. I’d like eventually to be able to show people directions from their address to one or more of the markers too, but that can come later.
I’m guessing that, given there is plenty of information to be handled, a MySQL/PHP/Google Maps integration job might be on the cards. Again, beyond me at the moment, but I just need someone to point me in the right direction.
Can anyone help?