Editing text on a Mac

John Naughton had a request from a friend for an alternative to MS Word on a Mac. John pointed him in the direction of TextEdit (Windows users, think WordPad), which comes built into OSX. One issue with this was the lack of a wordcount function, which was soon sorted by an extra little bit of … Keep reading

Anonymous contributions

Jeremy Gould – barcamp impresario, Ministry of Justice web dude and blogger – raises the issue of anonymous contributions, both within blogs and comments on other blogs: I was thinking about this last week when I came across a new blog by a civil servant who chooses not declare their identity. Its entertaining and a … Keep reading

links for 2008-02-02

100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine I’m looking to give DavePress a redesign – plenty of options here! (tags: wordpress themes design webdesign blog theme css free)

links for 2008-02-01

For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report Latest episode of FIR with an interview with me about barcampukgovweb. Hopefully it went ok… (tags: barcampukgovweb podcast fir) Give Powerpoint the Bullet. Do something interesting instead Great notes on planning and giving presentations. (tags: presentations) Mind42.com Collaborative mind mapping in your browser (tags: mindmap mindmapping web2.0 … Keep reading

For Immediate Release

For Immediate Release is one of my favourite podcasts, which has Shel Holtz, Neville Hobson and a host of other contributors talking social media, web 2.0 and how it affects public relations and business communications. It’s good stuff. Yesterday, Neville needed someone to step in to fill a few minutes, so I stepped up to … Keep reading