BBC Programme Catalogue

When I saw him in Amsterdam, Matt was talking about a secret project he was doing for the BBC. And now he has revealed what it is. He’s putting a web front end on the BBC Programme Catalogue. That’s a database that contains details of almost a million programmes that the BBC have broadcast over… Continue reading BBC Programme Catalogue

More is Less

Until recently I often used a website called TV Tome. This was the best place to go for information about TV programmes. It contained episode guides, cast lists and various other bits of trivia about all of your favourite programmes. Nice simple interface. A few ads, but nothing too intrusive. It’s not there now tho’.… Continue reading More is Less

Google Blogsearch

Either I’m missing the point, or Google’s new Blogsearch is missing the functionality that I’d use most – the ability to search for sites that link to a particular blog. I’m talking about something like Technorati’s blog search page or Bloglines’ citations service. Without this it really doesn’t seem to add much that I can’t… Continue reading Google Blogsearch

Gmail

I just noticed that the number of Gmail invitations that I’ve got to give away has doubled to 100. If you want an invitation and I know who you are, then just send me an email and I’ll fire one off to you.

Please Forget Me

The previous entry about Rojo (and, in particular, Aristole’s comment) reminds me of big complaint that I have about pretty much all web sites – which is that they like to make it incredibly difficult to close your account with them. Oh, I understand completely why that is. If you’ve registered with a web site… Continue reading Please Forget Me

Political Weblogs

Tim Ireland launches the Political Weblog Project where he aims to get as many elected representatives as possible using weblogs to encourage two-way communication with the people they represent. I think this is a great idea. And not just because he has nice things to say about my own political weblog.

Dave’s First Law of Information

I’m proposing a new law which I’m calling “Dave’s First Law of Information”. It goes like this: Information expands to more than fill the amount of time allocated to deal with it A few years ago I had a small number of web sites that I’d visit regularly in order to keep up to date… Continue reading Dave’s First Law of Information