Archive for February, 2006
There is no Blogging 101
I avoid blogging about blogging. It strikes me as depressingly meta, an admission that you’re struggling for real content. Rules are made to be broken however, so permit me this minor crime of passion.
In one of my more creative waves, I made a promise to myself: to start writing. Not for profit or for publication, [...]
Google Pages = Geocities 2.0
It looks like the rumours were true: Google have launched their own webpage maker, Google Pages. My first impressions are pretty positive - Geocities 2.0 with a better UI (as you’d expect from Google), and surprisingly clean code output. Of course it’s not as good as doing it “properly” but, let’s be honest, anything that [...]
Nielsen on TV
Quick filler snippet: Jakob Nielsen being absolutely damn right, as usual.
The entire concept of watching a broadcast at the mercy of the producers’ desire to stretch out the good parts across as much time as possible is getting to be obsolete. The experience from using the Web makes people impatient and forms a desire to [...]
The shooting
It appears that the Nottingham shooting is approximately 100 metres away from where I used to live. My friends have been bouncing emails around about it all morning.
Lenton’s not a great part of town - burglaries are pretty much mandatory there (high student population, insecure housing), but there are worse areas. The press have of [...]
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Valentine’s Day is swinging round again, so it’s time for the annual humourous postcard of mild resentment. I’m not turning this into a Star Wars blog or anything.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah last night were resolutely okay. My last few gigs have all been bit too accessible; I feel the call of pokey venues, effects [...]
The Dark Side presents…
From PresentationZen: what would Darth Vader’s presentational style be?
Powerpoint leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I’m working on a “Lessig Style” presentation at the moment: hopefully the exact opposite of the above. I’ll post a few slides as/when I’m able.
Categories: powerpoint, lessig, presentation
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