The new petitions site that MySociety have set up is a really good idea, but I hope that it doesn’t get so overwhelmed with petitions that it’s hard to find what you’re looking for. It seems that every time I look at the list, there are more petitions that I want to sign. Here are… Continue reading Web Petitions
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MySun Goes Live
“MySun“, the first concrete result from News Corporation’s purchase of MySpace earlier this year seems to have been launched with very little fanfare. So if you want start a blog with thesun.co.uk in the URL, now you know where to go. Personally, I’m very afraid.
Tape It Off The Internet
I’ve got a beta membership of Tape It Off The Internet – a new site that aims to make it easier to find episodes of your favourite programmes on the internet. I have a few invitations, so if you’re interested in trrying it out then let me know and I’ll send you one.
Both Different
I was just signing up with a web site and I made a mistake when typing either my password or the password verification. I know that because I got this message: Both passwords are different. They must be identical. Both of them were different. I’d like to see how to get just one of them… Continue reading Both Different
Gmail and Bloglines
If you use Bloglines to read your Gmail account (or if you’re considering doing that), then you need to read Martin’s piece about what he found out over the weekend. RSS can be a great way to get access to a lot of useful information very conveniently. But you need to ensure that you’re not… Continue reading Gmail and Bloglines
Hiveminder
I’ve never really got on well with web-based todo lists. I’ve tried a number of them over the last couple of years and I always end up with a stagnating list and nothing much getting done. But I’m going to try again with Hiveminder. It looks like it might well pitched be at just about… Continue reading Hiveminder
del.icio.us Goodies
I’m probably being very slow here, but I’ve recently discovered three useful tools that del.icio.us gives you. Your network – allows you to monitor the bookmarks of any users you want. You can also see which users are monitoring your bookmarks. Your inbox – gives you a list of all bookmarks that are published with… Continue reading del.icio.us Goodies
Bizarre Wikipedia Categories
Currently heading my personal list of the strangest Wikipedia categories is Possibly Living People. I came across it because Tom Christiansen has been tagged that way. If there are any Perly Wikipedians around who have seen or spoken to Tom recently then perhaps they could move him to Living People.
Online Shopping
When you are designing a shop, whether online or in the real world, one of the most important design criteria is that you want to make it as easy as possible for your customers to find the products that they want to buy. One of the best counter-examples for this is the London bookshop, Foyles.… Continue reading Online Shopping
Web 2.0 Not Always Good
Yesterday’s little spat about the BBC’s weather data neatly illustrates a potential problem with the Web 2.0 “everything is an API” approach. To summarise what happened yesterday… For some months the BBC have been promising that weather feeds would be available from their Backstage project. But they’ve been involved in protracted licensing negotiations with the… Continue reading Web 2.0 Not Always Good