An online notebook
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An online notebook
Matt Mullenweg, the irritatingly youthful founder of WordPress, has announced that his company, Automattic, have purchased the internet polling service PollDaddy, and immediately integrated in into WordPress.com and made a plugin available for self-hosted WordPressers. I took a secret trip…
Browser, that is. I was rather interested to hear what people used as their ‘home page’ in their browser – ie the page that loads when you first open your browser. Firefox makes this more interesting with its tabs, which…
I love my MacBook, I really do (although I am rather tempted by one of these). However, of late I have been having a really annoying problem it and my home wireless broadband. I generally turn off the router during…
Domain hacking is defined by Wikipedia as: an unconventional domain name that combines domain levels, especially the top-level domain (TLD), to spell out the full “name” or title of the domain, making a kind of pun. What does that mean?…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 12th through October 15th: Five ways to publish commentable documents online at Helpful Technology – More great stuff from Steph. Damn him. Tech Angels – "The Tech Angels are a student-run group at Wellington…
I had an enjoyable time at the MySociety shindig last night at The Hub in King’s Cross. There were lots of cool people there, and I got the chance to bend people’s ears about digital mentors, which was fun for…
To pick up on the thread of Digital Mentors – the role outlined by CLG to help disadvantaged communities find a voice online – I have started a new site along with a growing bunch of collaborators to develop the…
Marvellous piece on the background of Sarah Palin by Jonathan Raban in this fortnight’s London Review of Books: What is most striking about her is that she seems perfectly untroubled by either curiosity or the usual processes of thought. When…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 9th through October 12th: NHS Constitution « Tub O’Lard’s Mutterings – Write up a recent consultation exercise by the NHS on their new constitution with Diabetes UK representatives. Diabetes.co.uk – Big looking online diabetes…
David Wilcox has blogged again about the efforts at the RSA to reform itself to meet the needs of fellows in the networked society. It would appear that the more forward thinking fellows are a little disappointed at the pace…
The Power of Information Taskforce has shared some great advice on their blog for local authorities to help them share their data with people who want to do interesting stuff with it. It includes making it clear to folk exactly…
My local authority, Kettering Borough Council, is doing some great work in the democratic engagement field, firstly by taking part in an excellent nationwide democracy project, and also by promoting local online communities. First up, Kettering is taking part in…
Some research from Ipsos Mori tells us what we already knew, that using the internet can make disadvantaged people’s lives better. This from the report from 24dash: Based on 20 UK online centre-led projects involving hundreds of local partners, the…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 7th through October 8th: Information Overload? My name is Laura and I confess, I’m an addict. – Great post on infobesityand how to cope with it from Laura Whitehead The top 20 plugins to…
The Open Knowledge Foundation is holding a workshop on ‘Finding and Re-using Public Information’ on Saturday 1 November, at the London Knowledge Lab. The wiki promises the event will: …bring government information experts together with those who are interested in…
DFID have launched a new blogging platform, with various members of the department who are based abroad telling their stories through a group blog. The site looks beautiful, which is perhaps to be expected when you consider that it was…
I’m a type 1 diabetic, which means I have to inject myself with insulin four times a day. It’s great. Anyway, I like to keep my eye out for interesting webby stuff that’s happening in connection with diabetes, and a…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 5th through October 7th: From server to surfer: anatomy of a website at Helpful Technology – Whilst I rather pompously like to refer to myself as a digital enabler, Steph Gray is rapidly becoming…
The Department for Communities & Local Government did some great work in engaging people with the Empowerment White Paper entitled Communities in Control. Some of the activity included a blog, forum, Twitter feed, online video and photos hosted on Flickr.…
I’ve spent my last two Saturdays at events running social media surgeries. I nicked the idea from Birmingham Blogger extraordinaire Pete Ashton, who has a regular afternoon spot in a cafe, where folk can come and ask quick questions about…