Why Plaxo is now unfit for purpose
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Online life | No Comments »When Plaxo was first announced to the world, it was an online address book and a way of sharing contact information with friends, family and colleagues. The idea was that you could update your contact details on their system, and ...
For those travelling to London from San Francisco, please change at Seattle and The Hague
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in Funny, Online life | 2 Comments »See a cool London Underground-style map of all the cities in the world that have, or are planning to build, a mass transit public system. Have literally minutes of fun dreaming of being able to traverse the world as easily ...
The 35th top UK blogger is …
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Online life, Wales | 3 Comments »apparently my former neighbour Rhys - at least according to Blogstorm, a figure they somehow managed to arrive at after analyzing rankings from Alexa and Technorati. Which means that theoretically, Rhys's blog - while full of good anecdotes, isn't exactly brimming ...
How to avoid requests for your photograph…
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Funny, Online life, Weird | No Comments »Work recently asked me to send in a photo of me for their files. Alas, I meekly did a wacky pose against a wall, when what I should have done was done a screengrab from a randomized face at monoface. ...
The history of beeb.com
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Media Musings, Online life, Work | No Comments »Way way back in the mists of dotcom time (1999), I worked for beeb.com - basically the website for the commercial arm for the BBC. Unfortunately, it eventually became the victim of a rather bitter squabble between public service BBC ...
Facebook versus email
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Me me me me me, Online life | 2 Comments »I've been on the Internet for nigh on 15 years, and in all that time, I've always had an email address. Admittedly about 20+ of them but they all go to the same place. Some people change their mobile phones ...
I’m still in the Welsh Blog Awards?
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Wales | 1 Comment »Despite having left Wales a month ago, I still seem to be in the running for the utterly unprestigious Welsh Blog Awards. Without having done any campaigning whatsoever, I appear to be the lead contender for Best Media Blog and Best ...
