YouTube’s Big Bill
by Iain on April 30, 2006
In the last 6 months video has really started to take off online. There’s a whole host of new video sharing sites springing up. But hosting video costs money. Lots of money. This article: Your Tube, Whose Dime? – Forbes.com (…)
Help Me Create a Del.icio.us Network
by Iain on April 28, 2006
A new feature of del.icio.us is the ability to create your own networks. It’s a replacement for the slightly confusing inbox feature. I’d love to create a little network of like-minded people so I can keep in touch with the (…)
Bridging Real and Virtual Money
by Iain on April 28, 2006
MAKE: Blog: The Future of Credit Cards – Earning virtual currency for spending in the real world & other world bridging. (Now there’s a snappy link!) Interesting article on the rise of virtual currencies and the ways that the lines (…)
Flickr Mashups
by Iain on April 28, 2006
I’m pretty sure I’m way behind the curve on these (as per usual). But here’s a couple of amazing uses of the Flickr API (if you don’t know what an API is, this might help. Or then again, it might (…)
Longtail Recommendations
by Iain on April 27, 2006
Supersmart Ged (who I know from Yahoo!) pointed me to the longtail recommendations engine on last.fm. I’d been to the page but I’d never noticed the slider: have a play, it’s really good (you might need to be a user (…)
User Generated Content
by Iain on April 25, 2006
Well this is the reality of it. This lovingly crafted piece of home-made UK hip-hop has spawned absolutely loads of mashups / remixes / re-edits. Just shows there’s nowt as queer as folk eh. Oh, and just to prove that (…)
New MacBook Pro
by Iain on April 20, 2006
I’m very lucky. I got a new computer. It’s a shiny new Intel-based MacBook Pro. I have to say I’ve not noticed that I’m getting more work done in a shorter period of time. But I’m sure I will eventually, (…)
Busy not blogging
by Iain on April 20, 2006
I’m faced with a daily paradox at the moment: the busier I get (sometimes doing quite interesting stuff) the less time I find that I have to blog about it. I need to get better at putting aside a few (…)
Free AppZapper
by Iain on April 13, 2006
One digital life reports on a really neat promotion run by MacZot. They reduced the price of the Appzapper application by 5 cents for every blog that linked to the site. Mac bloggers went nuts for it and the price (…)
That’s not very nice…
by Iain on April 13, 2006
Spotted this on the wall of Weiden & Kennedy’s London office. Not sure I agree 100%… Obligatory buttons: