Stumbleupon sucks
Sorry for the title, but it matches what people search for. I have been seriously trying out “web 2.0″ social networking for the first time and I got very annoyed. (more…)
Economist deflates some hype
I am not always nice about The Economist, which I feel is not as good as it once was. However, their chief information officer, Andrew Rashbass seems to be as independent minded and analystical as one could wish, deflating technology hype, and being amusing while doing it.
Funny search query
Someone got to a page on Money Terms that explains a metric for airline’s capacity by using the following search at MSN search “google airline seats”. Obviously someone had been advised to “google” for the term (more…)
The future of newspapers
Judging by this interview, it appears that at least one major investor in newspapers in the US is over-optimistic about the impact of the internet. It reflects the same problem as the trends we have seen in British newspaper circulation. (more…)
The amazing Slashdot dupes
IT website Slashdot, is well known for repeatedly posting the same stories. Most readers no longer even comment on this — or even notice. I am therefore keep an online record of the worst examples . (more…)
Guy Kawasaki’s blog numbers do not add up
There is something that does not really stack up about the numbers in Guy Kawasaki’s review of his first year of blogging. (more…)
Ten effects of DRM
For those who do not know, DRM is the technology that prevents users from taking copies of various types of videos, audio and even written material in electronic form. It is an abbreviation of Digital Rights Management – and its your rights they are managing. (more…)
I baked a site
My most successful website, Moneyterms used to run on Wordpress. I have found it linked to as an example of Wordpress running something other than a blog. However things changed. (more…)
Wordpress plugin: Slug Trimmer
I have got sick of URLs that end in really long post slugs that look-something-like-this-and-are-far-too-long so I wrote a little plugin that shortens post slugs more intelligently than simply truncating them.
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New site
I have decided that I should blog about investment on a separate site.
The new site is The Strategy Blog. I intend to put a fair amount of work into it - have a lot of ideas that simply do not fit into any of my other sites and it seems a shame to waste them.
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