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Kiva.org answers: “And who is my neighbour?”
When social networking is the topic, I imagine most people think of Facebook, Myspace or LinkedIn—sites fundamentally derived from self promotion and entertainment. Despite the high language used to discuss social networking and Web 2.0, most of my time spent on them...
An hour to learn any language?
I have subscribed to Tim Ferriss' blog for a few weeks, and have found its content enlightening and interesting. Having done a degree in applied linguistics, I found the his item about learning a language in an hour interesting, if slightly mis-named. Tim reckons that...
Web 2.0–Don’t call it that!
Describing a company or concept as "Web 2.0" is so, last half-decade. Nevermind that most people still haven't heard the phrase. If you don't believe me, go ahead and poll your office or family: unless you're not allowed out of the IT dungeon or your family all work...
Interview with Adaptive Blue: What is a Smartlink?
After my trial implementation of AdaptiveBlue's Smartlink technology on this very site, I was contacted by Director of Business Development, Fraser Kelton, who agreed to a Questions and Answers session about Adaptive Blue's new technology. For a quick introduction, I...
How Smart can a Link Be?
In a bid to test a bit of the Semantic Web, I have inserted a little line of Java script into my blog which should automatically turn many of my links Smart. Not 8 hours after I had inserted the script, I was contacted by Fraser at AdaptiveBlue, the creaters of the...
Google-i-phone
On Engadget, I noticed a post about much-rumoured "Google Phone". Apparently, they have it on good authority that the people over at Google are working on their own Mobile OS. The interesting bit, though, is that Google has been working very closely with Apple on the...
Church 2.0: Part 1 (Rough Draft)
Having been reading Rob Bell's Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, I've begun formulating a few thoughts on what some have called the 'emergent church'. Because I work with the internet, I tend to see things from an 'online' perspective. When I see a...
Euro-septic
Europe is an interesting topic. Politicians in the UK battle with one another to appear more or less "Euro-skeptic" than one another. This week, Tony Blair's final as PM, sees him heading over to a summit to discuss the possibility of a new/ammended...
Cheated again
Along my bus route to work is a bakery which serves a cheap breakfast. Because I need to change busses just outside its window, I usually have something to eat during the forty-minute lay over. The woman who runs the shop makes an interesting character study, and she...