Monthly Archives: March 2006

I’m going to the US of A

Posted on 29/03/2006 by Iain

I might not post for a day or two (like that’s unusual!), because I’m going to New York to help judge the OneShow awards. It’s all a bit exciting for me. TTFN.

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Pandora x Last FM

Posted on 29/03/2006 by Iain

TechCrunch » Pandora and Last.fm Together…sort of – I couldn’t work out which one of Last.fm and Pandora I liked best for my music recommendation needs. Now someone’s sorted out my dilemma, they’ve mashed the two together. Hoorah!

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Using iTunes to backup your music

Posted on 23/03/2006 by Iain

Now here’s a tip I’ve been waiting for. It’s not rocket science. It’s iTunes science! How to backup your iTunes music library, and most importantly of all, keep it backed up. I used to walk around in a constant state … Continue reading →

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Big Companies Do Nice Stuff

Posted on 22/03/2006 by Iain

I’ve had two good experiences today. Both nice things that companies have done. So in the spirit of helping to spread good stuff I’m going to talk about them. First I’m going to praise O2. I’ve had some relatively poor … Continue reading →

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PEZ MP3 Player

Posted on 22/03/2006 by Iain

Who cares about Apple, Creative Labs, Sony and all those guys. Surely the best MP3 players simply have to be made by Pez. It’s got a tiny memory, looks really flmsy, the battery life is bound to be shocking. But … Continue reading →

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Egglings

Posted on 22/03/2006 by Iain

When I first saw these I thought they were great. A really lovely bit of ‘design’, but then I thought about it some more and started to think they’re really a bit freaky. The idea of a plant growing out … Continue reading →

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Feedburner – RSS + nice touches

Posted on 15/03/2006 by Iain

I’m now going to attempt a cunning blog maneuver, I’m going to try and join two recent posts together (admittedly in a bit of a clumsy way). Feedburner is a really cool service for bloggers or web site owners. It … Continue reading →

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RSS what?

Posted on 14/03/2006 by Iain

According to a report from Marketing Sherpa: Currently at least 75 million consumers and businesspeople in the USA and UK use RSS on a regular basis. However, depending on which study’s stats you believe, only 17-32% of RSS users actually … Continue reading →

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Smart Error Page – Odeo

Posted on 09/03/2006 by Iain

You know those pages that come up when a web page has moved, or you’ve typed the address in wrong? (For the technically minded they’re called 404 errors, but you don’t really need to know that unless you’re in the … Continue reading →

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Videos From the Googleplex

Posted on 07/03/2006 by Iain

Google have released a heap of videos from their internal archives: In addition to helping distribute content from across the world, Google would like to share videos featuring our company. Some great stuff in there, especially the ever-brilliant Seth Godin … Continue reading →

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