Archive for 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
The Dude Abides
The boy bought me a ‘Big Lebowski’ figure for Christmas… the similarity is almost painful. And I, too, will abide.
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Facebook foolishness
I like Facebook, and I use it a lot, but I don’t trust random applications that ask for access to my profile data or want to be able to post on my Wall, so I don’t add them even when people I like ask me to do so – I’ll settle for the few apps [...]
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Going Mobile
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website too]
Most weeks I am fortunate enough to hear about interesting and innovative developments in technology around the world as the in-house commentator for Digital Planet, the World Service technology programme presented by Gareth Mitchell.
We hear about solar-powered wifi in Brazil, computing in Nepal, driverless [...]
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
From Art to Activism
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website, where Mark has titled it 'Net Politics is all Rock and Role'!]
This afternoon my son and I drove from Cambridge to Lode, a small village just north of the city. When we got there we made our way to the old watermill and I [...]
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Twinterval
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Originally uploaded by parkylondon.
A fantastic time at Twinterval last night – and many thanks to @amanda and @girlonetrack for the organisation and good times!
This photograph from Paul (@parkylondon) shows what a good photographer with a good camera can do to make even the hairiest of [...]
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
Home Life
We had a visit from Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC technology correspondent, yesterday – they wanted to film my home network setup for an internal BBC presentation and talk to me and the boy about the future of television.
Rory also blogged it and even made a short video…
As a BBC veteran, I’m obviously not the best person [...]
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
Making the Market Work
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website]
Twitter, despite the attention it receives around the place with its high-profile users like Stephen Fry, is not the only micro-blogging service out there.
I quite like Tumblr, and Stumbleupon does something useful, while BrightKite links notes and photos to your current location and is growing [...]
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Want a Second Classroom?
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website]
Although it’s common to hear technology entrepreneurs and investors express concern about the possibility that Google will move into their market niche and take away their business, the reality is that neither Google nor anyone else is guaranteed success in a new area.
Google’s social network, [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Relive 08 Panel
The Panel and Chair
Originally uploaded by Lady__Jane.
I was at the Open University (Walton Hall, Milton Keynes) on Thursday and Friday for Relive 08, a conference on the educational use of virtual worlds. I took part in a panel debate on the Friday morning, and here [...]
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Ties that bind
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website]
One of the throwaway remarks I sometimes make at conferences is that “Google knows you’re pregnant before you do”.
I can say this because the things you search for will change as your life changes, and search engine providers may well be able to spot the [...]
