Category Archives: trends
Qik Football Reports
Just seen this via the Journalism.co.uk blog – the Express & Star using Qik for post-match video summaries from their reporters at the match.
Done just after the final whistle, still with lots of stuff going on in the background, I love seeing free web tools used in a wider variety of applications like this. [...]
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Hopes and fears for the future of the web
Update 7/7 – looks as though Sir TBL has already shared a few thoughts.
Sir Tim Berners Lee is in town tomorrow and ahead of his speech, the guys at Nesta have been asking people for their thoughts on hopes and fears for the web of the future. I’m sure Sir TBL will share some [...]
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Faceparty to users: F*ck the Haterz
Ages ago an article in Marmalade magazine (RIP) really struck a chord with me – it predicted that people would get sick of nice brands like Innocent and start wanting to be treated a bit rougher. The ‘nasty brand’ would begin to emerge, one that gave it back once in a while, took the [...]
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i ♥ anne frank bookz
Just catching up on my feeds and this popped up – a glimpse into what teenagers love and hate reading. Some interesting stuff in there, if a bit random – including the fact that reading “My own blog or fan fiction” comes in at number 4 most loved and that Facebook is number 9 most [...]
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“If you don’t get technology, you just don’t get the world anymore”
Well said Faris. I’m just a little bit biased but there we go. Go here for a truly awesome round up of what happened this year from the nice people over at Contagious magazine.
Qik – live video broadcasting from your mobile
This is super cool. Still very early days but it’s pretty amazing you can now stream to the world right from your mobile phone. Scoble is all over it and have a feeling that this is the absolute tip of the iceberg.
UPDATE – don’t think the embed code works, have tried a few times. [...]
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QDOS from Garlik: global rank of digital presence
This looks really interesting. I’m right in the middle of lots of stuff right now so have only had a quick poke around. First stab at the holy grail . . . how to rate and rank people’s digital presences
“Be seen how you want to be seen
Up until now there has been no way to [...]
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MyFootballClub gets green light
BBC is reporting that the website MyFootballClub, set up to buy a stake in Ebbsfleet United and help run it, has been given the go ahead and a deal struck. Great idea that I’m sure you’ve heard about already. This is surely the start of a lot more exciting things like this. Maybe we could [...]
Web 3.0 storm brewing
So, someone tried to stake a claim as to what the official definition of web 3.0 is. And it’s all kicked off. Raises a lot of questions, main one being when will we stop going up in numbers. Thats all a bit “Windows 98″ isn’t it?
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