Tuesday, 5 February, 2008

Video upload weirdness

I have been trying to upload the screencast I did for Pageflakes onto blip.tv and YouTube so it’s a bit easier for people to access. Trouble is, I’m not having much luck with it. My screencasting package, BBFlashback, has produced…

Monday, 4 February, 2008

links for 2008-02-04

Official Google Blog: Yahoo! and the future of the Internet Google’s view on the MS/Yahoo! deal is remarkably myopic. (tags: google microsoft yahoo) POP! PR Jots: The Question of Community – by Jeremy Pepper Interesting notes on where community building,…

Two point oh? Or zero?

The BBC are coming up with guidance on how staff should pronounce the phrase “Web 2.0”. Is it, for example: Web two point oh Web two point zero Web two dot oh Web two etc etc etc… I have always…

My PageRank is 0!

Now, this is depressing news. Brace yourselves. I downloaded and installed the Google toolbar this evening, just so I could check the PageRank of my site. Yeah, I know there are third party sites out there that do the same…

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…

Sunday, 3 February, 2008

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…

Saturday, 2 February, 2008

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)

Friday, 1 February, 2008

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…

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…