About Crackunit
Crackunit is Iain Tait's blog. It mainly bothers with the space between web and advertising, but it sometimes strays off into other self-indulgent nonsense too.
Twitterings- iaintait: I <3 Twitter, but would life have been awesomer 10/20/30 years ago? (this tweet via drinks with cool old guy) 03/09/2010
- iaintait: Faces iMake - http://facesimake.com/ - is a wonderful app http://post.ly/v6pT 03/09/2010
- iaintait: @thenausner oh man, children having children I know it must have happened before, but that's just totally freaked my tiny mind... 03/09/2010
- iaintait: @mikelaurie I haven't admitted to my self that I'm an adult yet, maybe that should be my first step... 03/09/2010
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Monthly Archives: April 2006
YouTube’s Big Bill
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 … Continue reading
Help Me Create a Del.icio.us Network
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 … Continue reading
Bridging Real and Virtual Money
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 … Continue reading
Flickr Mashups
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Design, Photos, Technology, Web Stuff
Tagged API, online application, web
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Longtail Recommendations
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Music, Technology, Web Stuff
Tagged blog, Chris Anderson, Music, Yahoo!
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User Generated Content
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 … Continue reading
New MacBook Pro
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, … Continue reading
Busy not blogging
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 … Continue reading
Free AppZapper
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 … Continue reading
That’s not very nice…
Spotted this on the wall of Weiden & Kennedy’s London office. Not sure I agree 100%…