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Google puts the Lady back in Gaga
Watching Lady Gaga blanking Jonathan Ross on his chat show was one of the most toe-curling pieces of TV on record, as she played the moody teenager dismissing his attempts at repartie. She was, however, in more respectful mood when visiting that other internet giant, Google, as part of their Musicians@Google series. Of course having … Continue reading
Verifying Technorati claim tokens
As part of dusting off this blog, I’ve resubmitted it to blog aggregator Technorati. As part of the process, you register and account, then claim a blog at which point you are presented with a claim token. You insert this into a blog post (my claim token is 2DG59837DPBH) and then go back to Technorati to … Continue reading
Thru-you we become something much more
Internet meme veterans will remember the enchanting labour of love and skill that was the funky mashup ‘Mother of all funk chords’ by kutiman. This took video and audio samples from amateur musicians on YouTube and remixed them into more than the sum of their parts (see below). After a number of additional … Continue reading
WordPress mobile app review
Having only recently taken the mothballs off the blog, I’m late to the party on discovering the immensely useful WordPress app. I can do the likes of moderating comments, editing pages and even adding a post with video and images captured on the phone. Post scheduling is available and intuitive and I was pleasantly surprised … Continue reading
Techcrunch and information overload
A few years back I used to scan and then clear out my RSS feeds everyday. Over time I’d narrowed the feeds I subscribed to down to a manageable amount and in twenty minutes could get through the days main news, plus the kind of serendipity you get from niche blogs to keep you on … Continue reading
Tracking inbound links using Google
Having moved this blog back to the hosted version of WordPress, I was curious which sites still linked to it. Back in the days when I managed an SEO team, this was second nature, but I have to admit I’d forgotten how to track inbound links using Google. A quick search brought up a couple … Continue reading
Sprint finds its Google Voice
It’s been a while, but Google is making a significant move with GrandCentral (one number, multiple phones) that it acquired back in 2007. They’ve now partnered with Sprint so that if you’re a Sprint customer in the US you can choose to make your phone a Google Voice phone as well. Sprint customers can use … Continue reading
Twitter five years young
The net and of course Twitter itself has been flooded with the news that Twitter has reached the age of five. Let’s not forget it still lags way behind Facebook in terms of traffic and popularity, but it’s still massive and has been a phenomenon in generating media awareness and racking up scores of influential … Continue reading
Four years and beyond
I’ve been considering the future for this blog for a while and have decided to keep the blog going. It still gets a steady stream of traffic and while the day job doesn’t make an allowance for this, I’m going to make an allowance for it in my own time. I’ve moved the blog back … Continue reading
