February 2012
Bonfire: join @teamBonfire – we're #hiring →
bonfireim:
It’s time to step it up a gear at Bonfire HQ.
We brought ‘presence’ and IM to Twitter, but there’s a whole lot more to do, and it involves the rest of the web too.
We’ll be working with the latest tech, that hardly anyone is using in a live environment yet. Things like Web Intents, Websockets…
October 2011
Bonfire: Starting a Bonfire →
bonfireim:
We had a feeling we were building something people wanted, but last week this really became apparent.
We announced with Techcrunch and GigaOm that we’re bringing chat and presence to Twitter, and we immediately opened up signups for a brief period. Straightaway we realised that very…
February 2011
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iconoclastical:
I won’t ever change their minds. So I give up.
Instead, I shall just annoy them.
From now on, I won’t say ‘Jesus’, I shall say ‘the theory of Jesus’.
You're not in the 'web industry' →
Like paper, a technology from circa 105 AD. You use it within your business. You wouldn’t say you’re in the paper industry. Permalink | Leave a comment »
January 2011
TEDxBrighton, Jan 21st 2011 →
Twitterati: if you went to TEDxBrighton @msg me & I’ll add you to my TEDxBrighton list.
In reverse order:
#TEDxBrighton “no hope on the boat; hope isn’t an action plan”—…
iconoclastical:
Philanthropic millionaires seem ignorant of the fact that their extreme wealth is a bigger problem than the ones they are trying to solve.
Or: the need for microfunding & entrepreneurship to be taken seriously.
September 2010
Spam, Ham & Bacon →
Google release Priority Inbox, awesome—well not quite…
Anti spam: you have your inbox. In that lands spam & ham. Spam is removed & you’re left with ham.
Priority Inbox: you have your…
August 2010
Growth v0.3 →
Skip to the spreadsheet
Following up from my post Quant Based Marketing for Startup v0.2 I decided to take things somewhat further & have added:
post-campaign metrics
basic finances
…
July 2010
Nexus One to iPhone 4, what I miss →
Since Froyo I decided to trial my Nexus One again. I moved back to iPhone a couple of days ago. I miss:
Facebook & Twitter integration to Contacts
Google Streetview with compass
Google’s…
Quant Based Marketing for Startup v0.2 →
@noahkagan, blogged Quant Based Marketing for Startup recently (the spreadsheet). I like things like that :-)
It didn’t have a few things I wanted—and given I needed to throw something…
February 2010
Question #48: Luck →
Do you generate more luck when wearing your lucky jacket? (or, blanket, rabbit’s foot, gem, etc). Is wearing the jacket what creates the luck? It’s a placebo, no?
b) If you know it’s a placebo…
Email information overload strategy →
After posting my Social Media email filter I thought I’d post something a little more holistic about how I manage the information overload of email. It’s simple:
Email hits inbox ↓ If I were…
Using Google Nexus One on O2 (iPhone package) UK →
Wasn’t immediately obvious searching in via Google…
If you’re in the UK & have an iPhone with O2 you’ll need these settings in your Nexus One to get data & mms working. Go to: Settings →…
January 2010
Email filter; social media →
I’m pretty adamant about being efficient with my time, and in-turn a few have been bored to death about my email process.
Most however have been gobsmacked by how many filters I use! I’m…
Question #47: Big brother G →
When Google moves into a country and deploys it’s local services, what effect does that have on the country from a x perspective, when x is:
Deviance (crime)
Religion
… other cultural…
November 2009
Question #46: Growing a rainforest →
Humans growing rainforests on our planet is one thing… what does it mean for growing rainforests in other biospheres? Be that something like Biosphere 2 or another planet?
p.s. I watched Jane…
Question #45: Scare of death →
Has modern medicine backed humans at large to be somewhat scare of death?
b) if not, what in becoming modern man affected this?
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Question #44: A connected world →
We think of the Internet as a world, “the online world”, or a different life “IRL”. Is it apt as a: world; country; city; solar system; other?
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Learning faster (read: playback videos quicker) →
This one’s for Google, took me a while to find the solution—and at that it’s a bit messy… but it works. Hat tip to Danny for seeding this thought.
I watch loads of videos online (see my …
Question #43: Restraint →
Does working longer (and/or harder?) hours affect your restraint bias? b) How?
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October 2009
Question #42: Cultivating our planet →
Our planet cultivated humans. When & why did it reverse?
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“…those who have the ability to imagine new services, new opportunities and new...”
– Thomas Friedman - The New Untouchables
“our schools have a doubly hard task now — not just improving reading, writing and arithmetic but entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity.
Bottom line: We’re not going back to the good old days without fixing our schools as well as our banks.” (via...
Failure →
How Successful CEOs Respond to Failure:
“You know the difference between a professional plumber and an amateur?”
“No,” I said, frantically searching for a towel.
“The professional makes as…
Yahoo lap dancers — you don't have the story →
If you comment with no cultural experience from Taiwan.. you don’t have the full story.
If you think this is limited to technology or events.. you don’t have the full story.
If you’re…
TEDx NottingHill, Oct 09 2009 →
From TEDxNottingHill ”The Future of Enterprise”, London… in reverse order with added notes & links:
#TEDxNottingHill If you recommend software all my friends actively don’t, I’ll be a…
My unscientific social network attention →
In May 2008 I did the same thing, well—ok.. my methods weren’t quite the same but the outcome shouldn’t be too dissimilar. It’s a quick look at my social network usage via email for the first…
I can't believe how many people aren't working...
rafer:
mikehudack:
ohhleary:
evangotlib:
Columbus Day is a stupid holiday.
Count me among them. In fact, in my 27 years on this planet, I’ve worked on one Columbus Day - 2005.
You clearly haven’t spent much time at start-ups. Columbus Day is a stupid holiday.
Rafer sez: It just goes to show that special interest group holidays are worse than Hallmark ones. C’bus Day was created as the...
Déformation professionnelle →
From wikipedia, Déformation professionnelle:
a tendency to look at things from the point of view of one’s own profession and forget a broader perspective. It is a pun on the expression…
September 2009
Producer-cum-consumer ain't nothing new. →
The economists have an easy way of dealing with them: they divide all human activities between ‘production’ and ‘consumption’. Anything we do under the head of ‘production’ is subject to the…
iPhone feature request, 'Multiple sticky rows' →
Posted this to flickr just now. I want more than 1 sticky row at the bottom of my iPhone, I use enough apps all of the time for it to save me time & effort (where was that app?!)
…
Question #41: Consumption vs interaction →
I go to the pub too much, not because I like drinking (though, I do enjoy a good pint) but because I want to interact with people. Does consumption equal interactions?
b) vice-versa? c) is…
Ad-hoc notes →
Photo booths = Photo booths are evocative, in the same way silhouettes are.
Complete control = Offering complete control implies removing the algorithm.
Naivety = For developers to assume…
Question #40: Rage →
When a wasp is trapped behind a window, does it’s building rage make escape increasing unlikely? Permalink | Leave a comment »
OpenMusicMedia #9, Sep 17th 2009 →
From OpenMusicMedia #9, London in reverse order with added notes & links:
CC in the words of the government, “we’re here to help” View Tweet
plinth, value not in artifact but in…
TEDxTuttle, Sep 17th 2009 →
From TEDxTuttle, London in reverse order with added notes & links:
got to leave soon, will miss @mediaczar’s talk :(.. and meeting @tdavidson :(. Unless I can make it back later for…
Trapped girls call for help on Facebook =... →
The original post seems to be, Trapped girls call for help on Facebook, and it has since spread over the web. First let’s take this quote:
If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile…
In-your-face →
Google’s Street View apparently use Immersive Media’s Dodeca 2360 (pdf), which has “11 lenses that capture high resolution 360° video from every direction simultaneously”.
What’s true in both…
RT @philmorle: If you know Ajax, CSS and love to make beautiful things we’d love you to come & work for us.
Re. all these event invites that I just can’t afford ATM, “will blog, tweet and connect for tickets”
RT @loic: LeWeb conference very early bird price ends end of september get your tickets now http://www.leweb.net/register
Not being able to group whom I’m following in Seesmic is the only thing holding me back from switching.
RT @pjozefak: Planning on launching another incubator? Please read this: http://bit.ly/L1iXv
A bunch of things are really rubbing me up the wrong way at the moment—might blog it, but I risk being a hater :S
RT @FOTB: Flash on the Beach SALE! 10 mins only. At 12 noon today (GMT +1:00) use this promo code for £50 discount: MAD10MINS - #FOTB
I fear I might answer my own question by the end of this email.
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