Dave

Dave

Dotspots

DotSpots looks interesting: DotSpots is an annotation platform that allows users to add text or video comments to any piece of text on the web. Dotspots searches through millions of online news articles, indexing paragraphs of text and using an…

Let’s predict the lottery!

I rather enjoyed the Derren Brown stuff this week around predicting the lottery numbers. It was enjoyable and entertaining, and anyone expecting anything approaching seriousness was always going to be disappointed. But what of averaging out the views of the…

Bookmarks for September 2nd through September 6th

Stuff I have bookmarked for September 2nd through September 6th: How to Keep WordPress Secure – The official word on preventing your WP site getting hacked. The Ugliest Website in the World – “Craigslist is willing to do the basic,…

Bookmarks for August 20th through September 2nd

Stuff I have bookmarked for August 20th through September 2nd: Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” Derry firm…

Disruptive communities

A few interesting sites I’ve come across in the last few weeks have got me thinking – always dangerous – and have also connected some stuff in my head. As always, I might have got this wrong, but thought it…