Category: Digital
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Zemanta
Image via Wikipedia I’m trying out a Zemanta blog post. What it does, apparently, is to suggest ideas for the article you’re currently writing. It’s a semantic blog suggestion feature, and it’s manifested in this instance as a firefox plugin that adds a write widget to my WordPress WYSIWYG editor. IIt updates every 300…
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Selfish Web Users
The BBC reported a few days ago that: Web users are getting more ruthless and selfish when they go online, reveals research. The idea is that people are using the web to get things done, and don’t seem to notice that service providers want them to stick around. They even get tetchy with intrusions or…
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Semantic Metaphors
Edit: the original blog post on Nodalities blog has been archived/deleted/ignored. I’ve republished it here. I tend to live in a world of metaphor. It’s not my fault, according to Lakoff and Johnson. We all use metaphor all the time: to construct our thoughts and work out abstract concepts. I’ve been exploring this a bit…
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Walled gardens: mapping the parties
Originally appeared on the Nodalities blog – which has since been consigned to the wayback machine. 29th April 2008, 11:34 am by Zach Beauvais In: Uncategorized The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing on kind of thing in terms of another. -Lakoff and Johnson (1980) Would you join me for a party? It’s a…
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sliderocket: Powerpoint on the web
I read about sliderocket over on R/WW, and at ZDNet, today, and signed up for a Beta. While I’m waiting for them to send one out (I hope) I’d like to talk a little about why I love the idea of this product. Firstly, I was recently tasked with conducting a 40-minute presentation. This is…
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Why do I want more coffee gadgets?
Gizmodo is a techblog with loads of interesting products. They have a complete set of Coffee-tagged products, all of which I want to own. I have no idea why, but I’ve got this thing for coffee gadgets. Every part of the kit appeals to me. So, if you have any coffee gadgets you’d like to…
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Photos
I’ve added a lightbox photo gallery to the site, if you ever want to have a look at random images they’re there. There’s also a link in the navigation bar. I’m liking this new blog, it’s easier to use and integrates better with Windows Live Writer… except the visual styles… typical.
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site broke… now it’s different
I’m afraid my old site decided it didn’t like me any more and broke. I was in the process of updating the theme when my broadband connection dropped. I have no idea which file/s were corrupted, but I decided to simplify the blog. This is not the theme it will remain, it’s boring and narrow.…
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Sony Ericsson’s new Xperia… what is it?
I just watched the most unhelpful but beautifully-shot promotional video for the new Sony Ericsson XPERIA. I assume it’s a mobile phone from the five-second glimpse you get of it. The rest of the video is a bit of a mystery. It’s very enjoyable to watch, so I’d recommend it. It’s got lots of paper…
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Typeroom Revisited: it goes pro…
After covering the Typeroom Light beta earlier, I sent a few questions over to the makers, and they’ve sent back some interesting answers. I should have mentioned that the Typeroom I tried out was a lite version (think 3.2 lager, but without the bubbles). The pro version seems like it will have more options, many…