My hair got used as a model for a website – as part of a Hair Makeover tool for Sunsilk. So I took one of the original shots (on the left) and added my own hair back onto my face to see what the different colours look like. I do like the red!
Mahalo and Local Focus
I’ve said before, I like Mahalo, and Jason Calacanis’ latest push is for is How To pages, such as the How to Fly With Kids that he posted about today. But I have one thing to add: Please remember that the English-speaking world is bigger than the USA, that flying takes place outside of USA […]
New uStream Interface
The new uStream interface was launched yesterday and has a few new toys. It allows you to ‘clap’ the presenter, with a rating meeting – the more people who click the higher your rating. But most interesting to me is the instant poll – the stream owner can create instant polls and get a response […]
Harry Potter vs the iPhone
Two great launches have taken place over the last few weeks, the Apple iPhone and the seventh and last Harry Potter book. So had did the launches compare? Facet Harry Potter iPhone What is it? A book A phone. With extras. Audience Ostensibly children 9-12. In reality all ages. Gadget freaks and Apple fans with […]
Twitter friends
Why is that Twitter usually has the numbers on the Left hand side of the image and then when I press refresh, or update a message, the ‘people’ changes to ‘Followers’ and the number changes? Update: And a few hours after I write this, they update the interface and it’s no longer wonky. We no […]
Steam Video
I got a little bit of video but hands were shaking too much to do for long. This is about 3 mins after the bang. The roar was the steam pouring out the hole.
Manhattan Explosion
Manhattan Explosion, originally uploaded by RachelC. I was walking out of the office to the subway, headphones on, minding my own business and just cursing the slow people in front and the tourist taking a photo of the Chrysler building when there was a bang and then a rushing sound. I looked up to find […]
CScout Trend Spotter
Do you fancy yourself as a trend spotter? Ray from CScout has asked me if I know anyone in London who wants to take a crack at spotting trends for them Here’s a job description. Background: living and /or working in London who is immersed in the web 2.0, technology sector, startup, social media communities. […]
The Internet crashed
Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash Via John Swords on Twitter. (although I went and got the original from The Onion. Typical government reaction – they forgot to back it up.
Luck of Seven
On Saturday, my friend Noel set off on his seven month trip around the world. Some of us gathered to wish him farewell as he gave his goodbye speech. You can follow him through your medium of choice, with the Luck of Seven blog being one of the main hubs.
A little hot
I think the weather bug on my browser is telling me it’s going to be a little bit warm today.
NYT and Fact Checking
Love the video from from NYT Technology reviewer David Pogue about the iPhone. But they really need to check facts…that’s no kayak, that’s a scull.
Save Net radio
Today, the US web lies quiet in a protest day to Save Net Radio The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and […]
iPhone Madness
Noel and co, as part of his Luck of Seven series, have filmed two Apple fans waiting outside the Apple store at 5th ave New York. They both have blogs. Greg, from Long Island, does not own a Mac nor an iPod, still want a phone and does not know if he can keep it. […]
Facebook as the Hotel California
Jen’s pointed out that you can never, ever leave Facebook. You can only deactivate and suspend your account and if you ever want to go back then you just login again. Whilst deactivated, you still can get the emails. I ‘deactivated’ my Facebook account. They do not offer a ‘delete account’ option. Click to enlarge […]
Social Networks and Class
danah boyd has posted a thoughts-in-progress study on class divides in the US youth use of social networks, looking at the different behaviours and cultural expectations of users of Facebook and MySpace. Over the last six months, I’ve noticed an increasing number of press articles about how high school teens are leaving MySpace for Facebook. […]
Mermaid Parade
Mermaid Parade, originally uploaded by RachelC. Grace Piper and I, along with 1000’s of others, attended the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on Saturday. A gorgeous day, not too hot conditions were pretty perfect for settling in and watching and contemplating whether body makeup provides enough protection from the sun for the nipples on display. […]
Veoh TV
Last week I got a sneak preview of Veoh’s new service, veoh.tv, but got asked not to blog about it. The news has now broken and there’s a few detailed write ups around. Erick Schonfeld has a great overview, VeohTV is an application that you download to your PC. It lets you watch any video, […]
Accents
Looking at the UK home page for YouTube I see this video has been featured..a run through of a few of the regional accents from the UK. My home accent is close but not quite to the Brummie one, being from west of the city in the Black Country. This guy’s pretty good at doing […]
Localisation
On June 12, Flickr introduced localisation – that is local language and country versions – of their site in 7 different flavours. These were French, Germany, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese. In what appears to be a consequence to this extension, they also ran up against local laws (or interpretation of laws) that […]