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Mike Butcher at Techcrunch UK reports on a University tutor banning her students from researching essays on the web: The education world has pursued new technology with an almost evangelical zeal and it is time to take a step back…
Notepad, as I am sure everyone knows, is a text editor that comes free with Windows. It’s very, very basic, but that’s part of its charm. I use it quite a lot, for quickly editing HTML or PHP pages, or…
Google’s customised search engine service is really cool, useful and dead easy to use. It’s what I used to create LGSearch, which is one of the most successful bits of online work I have done. What Google CSE does is…
Twenty-four Matt Mullenweg is only 24. BASTARD. (tags: wordpress mullenweg young+successful+bastards) SimCity Source Code Released to the Wild! Let the ports begin… Great! The original version of Sim City (and my favourite) has had its code released under open source…
Being a blogger is about far more than just words. To that end, you need tools which you feel comfortable with to enable you to create in any number of different media. Here’s some of the software I use to…
Just a thought… If one runs a blog or online forum about erectile dysfunction and the use of viagra to combat that – how do you decide what is and isn’t spam? A hypothetical thought, of course!
I’m talking at Creative Connectivity – a conference being organised by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Support Centre, which is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee – on the subject of the risks and opportunities presented by Web 2.0…
Am currently reading Pat Barker’s Regeneration, all about Siegdried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and other fictional soldiers recovering at Craiglockhart War Hospital during WW1. I must admit to, shamefully, not knowing an awful lot about the ‘great’ war before reading Oxford…
Sharpfolio: WordPress Portfolio Theme — WebRevolutionary Nice wordpress theme (tags: wordpress theme) Why Use a Desktop RSS Reader? Nick Bradbury argues the case for desktop based RSS readers like his very own FeedDemon. I think he’s right. (tags: article comparison…
While I was in the customised search mood, I thought it might be useful to have one for the upcoming barcampukgovweb. Click the logo below to jump to it.
Despite now working in further education, I’m still involved in the predominantly local government based Communities of Practice social online collaboration platform, which is developed by the Improvement & Development Agency. For a quick run through of the whys, whats,…
…is of course the home of the mighty Reds, at least according to The Guardian: 1) The City Ground, 1935 – present Why on earth Nottingham Forest’s board want to move away from the City Ground is be££££££££££££££££££££££yond m£££££££££y k£££££££££££££££££££££en,…
One of the many reasons why WordPress is such a super publishing platform are the many themes which are freely available to give your site a professional look and feel. 1. Envy – WPDesigner.com Envy is a bold and bright…
The Birmingham Bloggers meet last night went well, with a good turnout and some exceptionally high-quality discussions on a variety of topics. I found myself burning up with jealously a couple of times as people talked about the exciting projects…
There’s a bug with FeedDemon 2.6, I think. Whenever I click the little orange RSS icon on the FireFox address bar to subscribe to a new blog, it tries to open a new FeedDemon window. Every. Single. Time. This is…
Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond – ReadWriteWeb Interesting arguments. (tags: socialmedia web2.0 social collaboration blogging socialnetworking) Bloke finds missus working in brothel | The Register Oh my lord. (tags: brothel shock! horror!)
Neville Hobson reports on the new site for BA’s new airline. And guess what? It’s running on WordPress. More and more, public bodies and corporations are moving towards WordPress as a lightweight, flexible and powerful way of establishing a social…
Looking forward to this evening, because Nick Booth has organised a get-together of Birmingham bloggers. OK, so I live in Kettering, but work in Coventry and that’s kind of close. Here’s the Upcoming page for the event. Am looking forward…
WordPress never fails to astound me with its brilliance. I still haven’t finished putting this blog together properly yet, but today thought I ought to at least cobble together a mini blogroll of some of my favourite fellow bloggers. I’d…
Allardyce reign ends at Newcastle Absolute madness. (tags: football) Getting started with video Neville Hobson provides some great links and advice for getting video online. Something I am particularly interested in at the moment. (tags: video socialmedia) Oxford Internet Institute…