An online notebook
An online notebook
John Lanchester is quickly becoming my favourite contributor to the London Review of Books. So much of his writing is both accessible and informative. This issue he looks at computer games: From the economic point of view, this was the…
Stuff I have bookmarked for December 30th through December 31st: 27 Blogging Secrets to Power Your Community – Chris Brogan shares some blogging magic TDO Mini Forms WordPress Plugin (v0.12.5) [thedeadone.net] – "This plugin allows you to add a form…
Here are the posts in decreasing order of popularity that seem to have caught people’s attention in the last 12 months: The UKGovWeb Twitterverse WordPress.com widget guide 10 Cool WordPress themes 8 tips for beginner bloggers Macbook Wireless Problem Effective…
There’s not long left of 2008 now. It’s been one of the most remarkable years of my life. I started it living in Mawsley, near Kettering, which I and my family hated. We then moved to Broughton, also near Kettering,…
Or maybe just stuff I’d like to get round to doing in 2009… Get more collaborative: I’d like to spend more time working with other people, and I’m hoping that in 2009 there will be plenty of opportunities for this…
Twitterhack is a new blog I have started. And it’s horrible. I hate ads on blogs, and this one has lots of them. It even has ads in the RSS, and the RSS isn’t even full text! Here’s why…
I hadn’t really had a chance to have a proper play with FriendConnect before today. It’s basically a Google service that lets you add social functionality to your website, based on the OpenSocial framework. This means that if you have…
Stuff I have bookmarked for December 28th through December 30th: Oxite – Lab – MIX Online – Microsoft's open source blog platform / CMS? Front Seat – Software for Civic Life – "Front Seat is a civic software company and…
From Rich Millington: A moderator keeps things normal. A moderator removes the extremes from the community. Moderating isn’t as hard as moderators would have you believe. You can typically find community members to do it. A facilitator makes it easier…
Stuff I have bookmarked for December 21st through December 28th: MoMB Labs | Twitter 100 – 100 of the best Twitter services How to make a Delicious “plugin” for Chrome – Simple bookmarklet to use delicious in Google's Chrome browser Pods…