By Ian, on February 28th, 2007 For the last 3 remaining people in the universe who have not yet received a Joost invite: I have now got one. Nah-nah-na-na-nah. Joost uses peer-to-peer technology, similarly to BitTorrent, to distribute copy-protected broadcast TV between users. It’s very simple to set up and you don’t need to tweak any settings to make it work perfectly. Continue reading Joost Needs a Boost By Ian, on February 26th, 2007 The Victoria Line is not only the noisiest and grubbiest London Underground line; it is also my latest Twitter friend. In what may be the first known example of someone making Twitter, the ‘Seinfeld of the Internet’, do something useful, philosophy student and all-round clever chap Tom Morris has created travel update channels Continue reading The Victoria Line is my Friend By Ian, on February 21st, 2007 FOWA day two, then. Lots of learning for me, as many of the presentations had more of a developer angle. It’s stuff I’m interested in, but tend not to understand a lot of the time thanks to an arty-farty background. In general terms, I do not know my API from my elbow. I met and heard from a lot Continue reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Web Apps By Ian, on February 21st, 2007 I was lucky enough to be at FOWA today and to hear Kevin Rose speak about the future of digg. I was unlucky enough for my Tablet PC to crash and lose my notes from the session [my own fault]. What follows is from memory. Forgive the consequent ‘notey-ness’. Digg will support Continue reading The Future of Digg By Ian, on February 19th, 2007 Cross-posted from www.vecosys.com with a little fiddling to make it come from my mouth, not Mike’s. My employer, New Media Knowledge (NMK) is taking applications from people who would like to speak or appear on a panel at its annual new media conference in June this year. The conference programme is being organised by the Continue reading In Search of Panellists and Speakers By Ian, on February 18th, 2007 Now that this Web 2.0 malarkey has become a full-time job, I’m getting out and about a bit more than was my wont. The next couple of weeks seems set to fry my brains completely. Do feel free to come and distract me with offers of beer if you’re coming along to any of these. This week — Continue reading Man About Town | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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