The 14th September 2007 marked the end of an era, for me anyway. I’ve been at NMSI, the National Museum of Science and Industry, for just over 7 years, and that was my last day. I move on, as anyone does from a job they’ve lived and loved for that length of time, with a… [Read more…]
September 1, 2007
Before I get going, a quick apology for being a little bit slack on the Electronic Museum blog recently. The run-up and early arrival of young Rohan Ellis on Tuesday 28th, plus the fact that I’m leaving my job mid-September are both eating into the free time I rely on for browing and writing…I’ll be… [Read more…]
August 10, 2007
Computing “in the cloud” is where it’s obviously at. Amazon’s S3 service gives access to remote disk space which can be accessed via API’s; ditto EC2 for actually doing the processing. And then of course there’s numerous applications from Google Docs to Slideshare to web based email. Not to mention web based photo editors such… [Read more…]
August 2, 2007
I’m looking for more beta testers for Stufflinker, my mobile and social bookmarking tool. Stufflinker lets you save thoughts, urls and other, er, stuff, while you’re out and about using text messages, as well as the creation of ‘stufftags’ which link through to specific content on the web. To take part in the beta you… [Read more…]
August 2, 2007
The examination of what makes for a good user experience is absolutely vital, and as you’ve probably gathered, I – like many others – think we ‘providers of tech’ often get basics wrong. In fact, depressingly, web/tech products seem to get things wrong more often than they get them right. In order for this wrongness… [Read more…]
July 26, 2007
Emre Sokullu wrote a great post a few weeks ago on Read/Write web entitled Pivots of the Web where he overviews the stages in development of the internet as we know it today. Interestingly there’s no mention of mobile anywhere in his diagram, although I guess as a channel rather than a “pivot” he may… [Read more…]
July 24, 2007
I’m a big fan of the diagram. Anyone who has worked with me knows I tend to put ideas down as organograms, mind-maps and other scribbles: I’m pretty bad at understanding concepts unless I can sketch them. Visual cues, linkages, the ability to promote ideas, connect them together – all of these seem incredibly valuable… [Read more…]
July 23, 2007
I’ve been planning a “what TV means on the internet” post for a while, a big part of which was going to be a comparison of what’s available right now. Browsing through my vast backlog of stuff to catch up on after my holiday, I found this great roundup of UK-available “tv on web” services.… [Read more…]
July 6, 2007
I’m off on holiday tomorrow. Just, er, popping down to the country retreat for a couple of weeks, dahling… Only thing is, the place hasn’t got broadband – in fact it’s got little tech at all (no TV – hurrah!) (no mobile coverage – double hurrah!), which is in many ways a complete relief. In… [Read more…]
July 6, 2007
I just had a bit of a shock. I’m an avid reader of TechCrunch – I like the topic matter, the bitchiness of Michael Arrington, the writing style, the fact that it’s a superb place for finding out about tech stuff. But for about as long as I’ve read it, I’ve subscribed to their RSS… [Read more…]
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