Oct
11
At last, Twitter meets Facebook
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Following on from my discovery a couple of days ago that the Twitter app now can update my Facebook status, I’ve been wondering about how I can keep up to date with people’s Facebook updates while I’m away. Using twitterfeed I have directed a couple of feeds
Oct
9
It appears that it is finally possible to use Twitter to change one’s status on Facebook. I love Twitter. With its mobile phone integration, it’s a fantastic means of keeping close friends up-to-date with one’s activities. With Facebook’s continuing failure to open up their mobile service within the UK, there may finally be more than [...]
Oct
29
BBpress guide
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There is now a guide to customising BBpress over on Devlounge. This could prove handy now that I’ve started to trial BBpress on the Fulwood Methodist Church site. I have found that this forum software integrates very nicely with WordPress but the default template is, in my opinion, an awful mess of tiny fonts (‘font-size: [...]
Oct
26
‘Click to enter this site’
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It’s almost as annoying as pop-up windows and websites on which music plays as soon as the page loads: the message. Folks, if I didn’t want to enter the site then I wouldn’t have steered my browser in your direction. At the very least, if you must give me a ‘snazzy’ front page then give [...]
Sep
21
Below is an extract from a fascinating article about Last.fm and its ilk. I’m now having a look at the MusicIP mixer. Or is it looking at me? Pitchfork Feature: Better Than We Know Ourselves “Music is tribal in its essence” Much like Ringo more than a decade ago, Last.fm— which launched in its present [...]
Sep
21
No football for Mac users
Category: Apple Mac, Football, Southend United, The Web |
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For several years now, the Football League have been offering commentary on games over the internet. I have been a subscriber to this service for a few years now and have truly enjoyed the service, despite its faults. Sadly, the operators of the service, PremiumTV appear to have little or no knowledge of reality. The [...]
Sep
13
eMusic
Category: Music, The Web |
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There’s been a lot of guff in the press lately about eMusic who have, apparently, just launched their UK arm. I describe this as guff since I remember using their free trial some time ago to download albums by Cocteau Twins, the Pixies and Madder Rose. Today, I downloaded another 25 tracks using their free [...]
May
31
For future browsing… Dictator of the Month/ Diktator des Monates, presenting dictators of the world since 1900
May
21
Church Marketing Sucks: Web 2.0 Series Wrap-Up
Category: Christianity, The Web |
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Church Marketing Sucks: Web 2.0 Series Wrap-Up is the last in a fine, thought-provoking series of articles which more churches could benefit from reading. As stated elsewhere on that site, there are risks involved. But then, isn’t God our shield? For the past month and a half we’ve been looking at the web 2.0 trend [...]
Apr
7
Irritation
Category: The Web, Work |
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My school has set up a number of blogs. I think this is a fantastic idea and should motivate many of our students. It’s just a pity that one or two members of staff seem intent on sabotaging the idea.

