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Twitter clients
From about an hour after signing up to Twitter until very recently I used Twirl on both PC and Mac as my Twitter client. I was happy with it, and still am, but had noticed people using other clients...
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Mystery Solved
We recently (well, last summer) launched Aquabrowser as our main library catalogue. We provided a feedback link for people to comment on the new interface, as we were keen to pick up on functionality...
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Adverts that follow you
Now one of these days I will finally get my ‘moving flat’ epic published, in the mean time you can read my how to buy a property guide. It really is worth every penny. Part of this process involves...
View Articlehtml5 and nostuff
It’s hard not to think of nostuff.org and not think of blazing web standards. So I had a go at updating the template for this here blog to make it all html5. Turns out this is quite simple. It seems...
View ArticlePersonal URL shortener
Back in 2009 I wrote a post about creating my own url shortener. I didn’t get very far, partly due to the challenge of how to create the short url codes, and partly due to my development philosophy of...
View ArticlePinboard.in suites me just just fine
About a month a go I wrote a quick rant about Delicious.com and why it could have been a sucessful web2.0 business (relatively low costs and lots of opportunity for advertising and pro/paid for...
View ArticleMeta : blogging
There’s a long tradition of bloggers blogging about blogging. This post follows in the self-obsessed insular tradition. This blog post is somewhat unusual in that I’m posting it to nostuff, my blog....
View ArticleTwaperKeeper archives
TwapperKeeper is shutting down it seems. It’s a popular online tool for archiving hashtags and other twitter searchers, and certainly well used in UK Higher Education where I work. I actually met John...
View ArticleGoogle Street view
To read this post you first need to pop along here. [opens in a new tab] Then go to Street view at the precise point where the pin is (where the road crosses the river). Do it now, we’ll be waiting for...
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iplayer diary and a tool i was never going to use again
A lot of online services have tried to introduce social elements in to their product. This is normally annoying, but in the case of the BBC’s iplayer I found it interesting and useful. The problem was...
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