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Year: 2012

  • What do you share with who? Web 2.0 is slowly being locked down.

    I often go through phases of using different social networks to update different people in what’s going on and chat to friends and colleagues. Each of my main networks (twitter, facebook, instagram, Flickr, Google+) is used by different groups of people in different ways, and it’s partly this that gets me active on one and…

  • 5 music videos which don’t take themselves too seriously

    Since MTV started in 1981 with Video killed the radio star, music videos have been a big part of musical culture. It’s a shame when they’re just 3 minutes of someone singing into a microphone, so here’s five that stand out for me for making the most of the opportunity and not taking themselves too…

  • Essential iPad apps

    It seems a tradition for anyone with a blog and an iPad to list their “essential” apps, so here’s mine. Accuweather – Is it still raining outside and you hadn’t noticed? http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/accuweather-free-for-ipad/id364616869  Adobe Ideas – Sketching app that also works with other documents for annotation. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/adobe-ideas-1-0-for-ipad/id364617858 Adobe Photoshop Express – Simple photo editor http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235 Amazon –…

  • Live data visuals – fashion and cities

    I’ve seen two examples of impressive live data visuals today, from two very different systems for very different projects from The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) and French fashion retailer Pimkie. Color Forecast By analysing live webcam footage from Paris, Milan and Antwerp, this site collects colour information and presents it as trends for days, weeks and…

  • Donating to a political party

    With the recent pay-per-view Prime Minister scandal and the publicity over Conservative Party “Donor Clubs“, I was interested what a donation to each of the main parties got you. I did class the Lib Dems as a main party, but they don’t tempt you with what your money buys so aren’t included below. So here’s what…

  • The very best of Amazon customer’s reviews

    Here’s a selection of reviews I’ve seen on Amazon that I thought I’d collect together for other’s entertainment. Enjoy. Microwave for one – $19.92 Buy this book, or don’t, I don’t care anymore “It used to be that I got home from work and the only thing I’d want to put in my mouth was the…

  • Solar powered publication

    An annual report which is only visible in sunlight.

  • Cool things offline: Snowboarders, tables, tiles, hoovers, mugs, shelves and fairgrounds

    Here’s some stuff from around the web I’ve found this week which I think arepretty cool.

  • Tube pub guide

    I’m building a tube map of pubs. I have often been in the situation where I’m meeting someone for a drink at a tube station but don’t know a decent nearby pub to meet in. So I had the idea of creating a  tube map where stations were replaced by pub names. Where ever you…

  • My chicken is ill

    This what I like about the unpredictable side of social media (unpredictable in the sense of what catches people attention, not what happens next) and the unexpected rise of a meme. BBC documentary Deaf Teens last night was in interesting insight into the life and challenges facing teenagers as they prepare to leave school and…