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Full story: Plot your carbon footprint with Dopplr
One handy web service I’ve been using for the past seven months or so is Dopplr. Dopplr lets you share your travel plans with others you know. The service then lets you know if any of your friends will be where you’ll be when you travel, and vice versa. I’ve found Dopplr a pleasure to use because it’s simple to use and it gives me depth of information that suits me without requiring an awful lot of interaction. It’s an…
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Full story: Happy birthday, WordPress!
Five years ago today, WordPress was born. The popular blogging platform or content management system (take your pick of description) has come a very long way in this short time. I first started using WordPress in 2005, a time when I was experimenting with a number of blogging platforms including Movable Type. In February 2006, I made a full switch to WordPress from TypePad as I believed WordPress offered the best platform of all the different systems you could choose…
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Full story: Animoto: A compelling way to tell your story
One of the communication technologies I like experimenting with is video. That’s why I play with new tools like Qik (live video streaming from a Nokia mobile phone) and seesmic (video conversations via your webcam). I discovered another one today that I find so compelling that I’m just amazed the whole internet isn’t a-buzz about it (although there is indeed plenty of buzz). This is Animoto, a web-based service that automatically creates a video from images and music. That rather…
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Full story: Stranded on a geek island
A couple of months ago, I met up with Neil Dixon to record an episode of the Desert Island Geek podcast. I love the idea of this podcast: Desert Island geek is a new podcast show all about you. Imagine being marooned on a deserted island, with nothing to wile away the long, hot days but a handful of your most precious and cannot-live-without geek items. Choose carefully, you may be stuck there for some time! Those precious items are…
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Full story: Cut from FIR #348
Overflow from today’s FIR #348: 1-Minute News New York Times’ social networking/open API Listen to this FIR Cut: [display_podcast] Download FIR Cut MP3 – NY Times (2:58) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
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Full story: Cut from FIR #348
Overflow from today’s FIR #348: 1-Minute News New York Times’ social networking/open API Listen to this FIR Cut: [display_podcast] Download FIR Cut MP3 – NY Times (2:58) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
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