July 2009
Reading @wireduk magazine on the train to London. Good use of the word ‘ganglion’ on page 70. Photoreceptive ganglions in fact…
Jul 31st
HoldTheFrontPage: Guardian’s regional operations running at loss http://bit.ly/U7AV4 (via @journalism_news)
Jul 31st
English football legend Sir Bobby Robson dies aged 76: http://bit.ly/xgEB
Jul 31st
Drop in classified ads hits GMG Regional Media (08/09 financial results published) http://ow.ly/iFN9 (via @howdomedia)
Jul 31st
I’m trying to convince myself I can afford to upgrade my SLR camera. My Canon 10D is ancient. But I have a wedding to pay for 30 days hence!
Jul 30th
Reading: Decline slowing, says Trinity Mirror, amid 34.5% fall in regional ad revenue http://bit.ly/fL6d0
Jul 30th
Decline slowing, says Trinity Mirror, amid 34.5%... →
Trinity Mirror overall revenue down 16.9% in first half of year, with 14.4% ad decline at nationals, but falls for July smaller
Jul 30th
Kickstarter →
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Jul 30th
DigitalRev monthly giveaway: RT to win Canon 500D Kit and iPod shuffle. Follow @digitalrev http://tinyurl.com/np2ryn for details #digitalrev
Jul 30th
Reading: CHART OF THE DAY: Yahoo-Microsoft Search Now Going Down Together http://bit.ly/wp2Vl
Jul 30th
CHART OF THE DAY: Yahoo-Microsoft Search Now Going... →
Yahoo’s (YHOO) new search technology and advertising deal with Microsoft (MSFT) doesn’t change one important fact about the search market: They’re still losing share, and Google’s still gaining it.
Jul 30th
Wow, that’s some seriously Biblical rain here in Mellor (http://bit.ly/JPgAW). The noise woke me up! It’s like a monsoon out there…
Jul 29th
Time Tracker :: Simple time tracking software for... →
Used by thousands, TSheets is the leading time and labor management tool for business owners, bookkeepers and payroll professionals.
Jul 29th
More Spinvox stuff - this time from The Register http://bit.ly/AB4DA (via @stucun)
Jul 29th
I wonder if Yahoo execs and board are saying “oops” right now. http://www.google.com/finance?q=yahoo (via @arrington) - holy crap! #fail
Jul 29th
Reading: Yahoo and Microsoft confirm landmark search deal to rival Google http://bit.ly/OvSoo
Jul 29th
Reading: Chris Anderson interview: Who needs newspapers when you have Twitter? http://bit.ly/10TRFZ
Jul 29th
Deciding where I should have my leaving Manchester/MEN/GMG lunch. Bem Brazil and Sapporro are front-runners. Last day is three weeks today!
Jul 29th
Yahoo and Microsoft confirm landmark search deal... →
Yahoo and Microsoft have confirmed a landmark search deal that will result in Microsoft’s Bing being used to power Yahoo’s search, which will maintain its own branding.
Jul 29th
Chris Anderson interview: Who needs newspapers... →
Chris Anderson, Wired’s editor in chief, discusses the Internet’s challenge to the traditional press
Jul 29th
I have to say, @JasonCalacanis has got it spot on about the Yahoo/Microsoft deal in his email newsletter. Yahoo stopped innovating. Seppuku
Jul 29th
Krissi Murison appointed first female editor of... →
Nylon magazine music director to return to music title NME
Jul 29th
BBC reports new revelations in the SpinVox saga http://tr.im/uzl2 (via @yiannopoulos)
Jul 29th
RT @mediaguardian Krissi Murison is to be the new editor of NME. More details soon …
Jul 29th
Reading: Krissi Murison appointed first female editor of the NME http://bit.ly/3XcZo0
Jul 29th
Manchester City owner to buy into Branson space... →
Sir Richard Branson’s commercial space venture, Virgin Galactic, is to receive a £170m investment from the Arab sheikh who owns Manchester City football club in return for 32% of the business.
Jul 29th
Twitter makes search central to its future with... →
Twitter has given another pointer to its future after taking the covers off of a new homepage, which puts the focus squarely on search and allows non-users to discover what is being talked about on…
Jul 29th
What the hell is Twitter? Two-thirds of adults... →
More than two thirds of adults know little or nothing about Twitter, despite the rapidly increasing popularity of the microblogging service, finds research
Jul 29th
Dabble DB - Create an Online Database - Collect,... →
Dabble DB helps you create online databases on the web. It’s easy to use yet extremely flexible and powerful.
Jul 29th
VillageSoup.com - community hyperlocal news... →
a single technology platform which allows members of the community to get the latest news - as reported by professional journalists - share views and opinions and shop the services of their…
Jul 29th
I’m thinking that Hadoop / Hive + Dabble DB could be an awesome combination… http://www.dabbledb.com/demo/ http://hadoop.apache.org/hive/
Jul 29th
Reading: Twitter makes search central to its future with new homepage http://bit.ly/xba2I
Jul 29th
Reading: What the hell is Twitter? Two-thirds of adults have no idea http://bit.ly/lzh7S
Jul 29th
UK Geek Calendar | Wheres The Geeks? →
Welcome to wheresthegeeks.co.uk, the UK’s first dedicated geek calendar, featurings barcamps, conferences, meetups, days out and a hell of a lot more, if theres a gaggle of geeks to be found there,…
Jul 29th
Manchester City agree £14m Toure deal http://bit.ly/QdopO #mcfc (via @ManCityMEN)
Jul 29th
It seems that @Gabrielle_Union has last night twice proven how easy it is to spam your way into a trending topic on twitter
Jul 29th
Hmm, how did I miss the redesign of the Twitter homepage…? I like it, a lot. http://www.twitter.com
Jul 29th
RT @megpickardIn A 31 year old’s response to the 15 year old’s “how teenagers consume media” memo: http://bit.ly/Tqb0y
Jul 28th
Reading: European Court of Justice Eleven-word snippets can infringe copyright, rules ECJ http://bit.ly/N4vst
Jul 28th
“Facebook is for baby, wedding & party photos. People who put up baby pics get most of their adult interaction on FB” http://bit.ly/Tqb0y ;)
Jul 28th
Reading: IPC Inspire merges digital and print operations http://bit.ly/23yEIb
Jul 28th
European Court of Justice Eleven-word snippets can... →
The copying and reproduction of just 11 words of a news articlecan be copyright infringement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)has ruled. Europe’s highest court has said that a clippingsservice’s…
Jul 28th
IPC Inspire merges digital and print operations →
Shared by Paul Lomax Funny how these things are cyclical - I demerged the digital team from print in 2005…! PC’s specialist division, IPC Inspire, has merged the digital and print operation of…
Jul 28th
RT @ColonelTribune. A woman faces $50k defamation lawsuit for a tweet about a moldy apartment: http://bit.ly/4A60v - it’s e-slander IMHO.
Jul 28th
RT @ DaveGorman 140chars can’t sum up the wrongness of yesterdays Guardian article about “offensive comedy”. Hence blog: http://bit.ly/ngqHo
Jul 28th
Can I just say, Maskie at creative agency http://www.brand-fusion.com/ is awesome. I should get him on Twitter really. That is all.
Jul 28th
Reading: BBC shares video-news content with UK newspaper websites http://bit.ly/3KVjxu
Jul 28th
Reading: UK Government ministers get 20-page guide for acceptable Twitter use http://bit.ly/2miwQu
Jul 28th
Just had physio on my wrist/forearm for the tendinitis. Hurty in a good way now… Six more sessions in the diary and got stretches to do.
Jul 28th
Physio said I’m very hypermobile for a bloke. Apparently only tight hamstrings prevent me from touching my toes. I thought it was my gut…
Jul 28th