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Facebook’s New Profile Timeline

September 27, 2011

Unless you’ve been walking around with your fingers in your ears while humming “nah-nah-nah” you’ll be aware that Facebook recently announced a major new change to how profiles are viewed and managed. Thanks to a tip off from Tom Ford, I was able to enable a preview of this feature on my own Facebook account [...]

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Don’t Hate The New Facebook

September 22, 2011

“Pow!” “Thwap!”   That’s the sound of Google+ and Facebook slugging it out for our continued patronage. If you’re not a geek then you could be forgiven for not knowing much about Google+. It’s a brand new social medium which takes the best from Twitter and Facebook and rolls into a really flexible “life stream [...]

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Facebook’s new News Feed – Use Lists!

September 21, 2011

If you press your ear to your monitor, you can hear thousands of people gnashing their teeth over the new Facebook news feed changes. For years, we’ve had a simple chronological list of status updates. I log in a few times a day to get a snapshot of what my friends and family are up [...]

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The Art of Happiness

September 17, 2011

Are you happy? Truly happy? Perhaps you would be if you had a better job or a more expensive car or more friends or won the lottery? You aren’t alone if you feel this way. Many of us do. The elusive promise of happiness is just out of reach. Indeed, most of us assume that [...]

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Yuck – The band, not a reaction

September 1, 2011

I’m really enjoying a relatively new band from London called “Yuck”. I assume this was a reaction to other names band members suggested. Their sound hails from the 1990s and they really remind me of Dinosaur Jr and Belle and Sebastian. A few of my favourites from their recent eponymous album:

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HP Touchpad – Update

August 31, 2011

Yesterday I received my 32GB HP Touchpad and after an hour or so, I wrote up my first impressions which were mostly good. The build quality was good and webOS had some very nice touches such as full multitasking and an intuitive way to browse open apps. I spent a little more time on it [...]

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HP Touchpad – First Impressions

August 30, 2011

I was lucky enough to be able to purchase a HP Touchpad during their recent fire sale. I’m sure you’re all aware of how 42 days into the launch of their new ex-Palm webOS powered tablet HP pulled the plug and slashed the retail price for remaining stock. I haven’t had a lot of time [...]

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Getting Real

September 10, 2010

I recently read 37Signal’s eBook “Getting Real” which outlines their philosophy on web app creation. I recommend that anyone writing web software or creating a web site service read it as it is a breath of fresh air and makes many salient points. You can either purchase the PDF or read it free online. Of [...]

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I Am Number Four – Pittacus Lore

September 8, 2010

A book caught my eye the other day in Tesco. A fairly impressive looking hardback just released entitled “I Am Number Four” by an unusually named author. A quick scan of the dust jacket piqued my interest: John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes [...]

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X Factor Wrap Up #3

October 26, 2009

Yes, it’s Monday; it’s the X Factor result show wrap up blog post! If you were the talent booker for the X Factor and had to book two big names to perform on the result’s show who would you pick after crazy eyed Robbie and dead eyed Whitney spun almost as many column inches as [...]

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