2005 – The year of the digital citizen
BBC: The year of the digital citizen – Here’s a great summary by Jo Twist, formerly of the BBC now at the think tank, Institute for Public Policy Research, about the impact of digital technology…
Happy New Year
All the best to you and yours for 2006.
Blog posting from Writely
Hmm, I seem to be on a ‘where can I blog from’ vibe today. This time I’m at Writely.com. This free, web service provides a fairly sophisticated text editor, including a spell checker, from which…
Why Flash rocks
Yes, yes, I know Flash websites are hard to link to and for search engines to spider. They can’t compete for Google juice compared to traditional HTML sites. But Flash really rocks if you want…
Performancing for Firefox
While I’m on the topic of blogging tools, it’s worth mentioning Performancing’s new Firefox extension which enables you to draft blog posts from within your browser. Simply hit a pencil icon in the bottom of…
How to set up a blog using WordPress.com
I’m trying out WordPress using WordPress.com’s free hosting service. My main blog, Morgan McLintic on PR, is hosted on Typepad, which has had some outage problems recently. I like Typepad but as a precaution, I…
Technorati launches new features
Technorati Weblog: Dave Sifry, CEO of Technorati, announced a range of new services at the blog search engine on Monday. Just had a quick chance to spin through them. They include a topic chart a…
WordPress hosted on Yahoo!
WordPress Development Blog: Following last week’s announcement that Yahoo! will host SixApart’s Movable Type blog platform, WordPress.org has unveiled a similar service for WordPress 2.0 hosting with Yahoo! Technorati Tags: WordPress, SixApart
Repositioning Slough
Just arrived back in the UK, where I’m visiting friends and family for a week over the holidays. Much amused to see Slough Trading Estate advertising at Heathrow’s passport control. No doubt trying to rebuild…
SVW to launch first AJAX ‘banner app’
Tom Foremski’s about to break new ground with an AJAX banner ad, which will effectively be a mini-application on SiliconValleyWatcher. Why is this important? Because it could lead to new business models for media blogs,…