Tag Archives: cellular telephone

Facebook and ‘The Man’

15/01/2008

This article from the Guardian seemed to be the most visible thing on the Internet round these parts yesterday: With friends like these… by Tom Hodgkinson
Facebook has 59 million users – and 2 million new ones join each week. But you won’t catch Tom Hodgkinson volunteering his personal information – not now that he [...]

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Twitter Mobile – It’s the Little Things

15/02/2007

Just set up Twitter to work with my mobile. And this just exemplifies the thought and smartness that have gone into the application.

And what’s so good about it? The code that you have to text in, is all made up of letters that are on the first keypress of your mobile phone. So instead of [...]

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Website with Semacode, Why?

22/01/2007

Semacodes are pretty cool.
The all knowing Wikipedia with it’s dazzling array of cross-links describes a semacode thusly:
a URL can be converted into a type of barcode resembling a crossword puzzle, which is called a “tag”. Tags can be quickly captured with a mobile phone’s camera and decoded to obtain a Web site address. This address [...]

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New MacBook Pro

20/04/2006

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, perhaps.
My favourite feature is the built in camera and the silly little application Photo Booth. [...]

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NSPCC – Dream Auction

05/04/2006

Here’s a little (in size) project Poke have done for the NSPCC. The NSPCC Dream Auction is aiming to raise a huge amount of money to help to end cruelty to children. There’s a number of ways to get involved, from a huge gala auction at the Royal Albert Hall (that I’m sure I won’t [...]

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