Looking for my Cognitive SurplusLooking for my Cognitive Surplus

You’ll have come across the stories, talks and inter­views about Clay Shirky’s new book: Cognitive Surplus.

I think that all of us get – and recog­nise – the basic idea. Most of us spend/​​waste so very much time watching tele­vi­sion. That’s typ­ic­ally pretty passive. However, an increasing number of

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Making it Yours — An Inept Guide to Website Design

And when I say ‘design’, of course, I mean theft.

Regulars will have noted that things don’t stand still for too long here on twopoin­touch. Apart from the post count. Fiddling with new themes and plugins is almost com­pulsive beha­viour. While I’ve only had around four long-​​​​term favourite themes over the last five years, there’s every chance

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Off-​​Topic: Xara Designer Pro 6

I was asked to review the latest release of Xara’s graphic design software, Xara Designer Pro 6. Since I’ve been a fan of the applic­a­tion for a while, I was happy to oblige. I ought to disclose that Xara sent me a free key.

You might not realise it, but Xara is one of the real

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Believing in Blogs: Massive Mobile Debate

Blogs are dead, right? The cool kids are all doing micro-​​​​messaging and video instead? They’re missing out on a world of value, if that’s the case.

I’ve been swotting up on mobile as fast as I can — the industry, com­panies, tech­no­logy, the apps scene, for obvious reasons. And one of my most valuable sources

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Max, Snot, WoM

So I met this guy called Max in the pub – he’s a pal of some long-​​​​time cronies from the now-​​​​somewhat-​​​​dormant UK laptop business ACi.

Max suffers from hayfever – he’s known as ‘snotty Max’ in some circles. He’s tried all the drugs and cures you’ve ever heard of – as you would

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The Hot Link Debate

It’s nearly two weeks old now, but Nick Carr wrote an article at the end of May which caused a lot of people to stop and think, or oth­er­wise lash out with the sort of outrage at which the Web is best – the over-​​​​exaggerated kind.

He was writing about the use of

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