Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Lift09
I’m lucky enough to be in Geneva today at the simply wonderful Lift09, where I’ve met lots of great people – old and new friends – and been stimulated, entertained and surprised.
I gave a short talk at lunchtime, and the video is here. It was intended as a provocation – my own ‘Modest Proposal’, as [...]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Beware complacency, not cancer
[As ever, this on the BBC News website. And as of this morning Facebook seems to have decided to open up some of its processes to user engagement, so the dangers I talk of may be avoided]
The fuss over Facebook’s attempt to modify the contract with its millions of users has died down for the [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
I Link Therefore I Am
[As ever, this is also on the BBC News website]
I had to send a fax to a US university recently on behalf of my daughter, and I realised that not only do I not own a fax machine, I have never owned a fax machine. During the 1990’s I would occasionally approach one of these [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
I’ve taught someone to microblog
My good friend Solana Larsen is Managing Editor at Global Voices and one of the more imaginative, creative and simply inspiring people I know. Last week she decided to something suitably bloggy to celebrate February 14:
Valentine’s Day (February 14) is a day of love, friendship and communication. What better way to mark the occasion [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website too]
When I heard that full episodes of The Prisoner TV series were available online I immediately headed over to the AMC website to wallow in nostalgic enjoyment and remind myself just how cool Patrick McGoohan was as he stumbled around Portmeirion trying to avoid [...]
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Get Carter…
[As always, this can be read on the BBC News website. And thanks to Tony Hirst there's a commentable version of the Digital Britain report, which we will draw to Carter's attention..
Added 8/2/09: there's a useful commentary on the Power of Information beta from the 'other Tom Watson' on TechPresident.
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It may well be that Stephen [...]
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Coke’s Superbowl Ad
Ok, so it’s cheesy and the idea that fizzy drinks are a bonding experience not one I entirely endorse… but well made with many grace notes (watch the avatar trying to get into the cafe walking like a SL newbie)
And, as Alice notes, good to see the WoW-style Orc is a woman
Presumably next [...]
