Author: Rachel

conference, ORG

Open Rights Group Pres

ORG talk Some notes from the ORG presentation: Too many things are not caught til too late – far easier to tackle things earlier. ORG formed to tackle things earlier, to campaign on digital issues. Based on EFF. Formed when Suw Charman said she would like to organise something in the UK, but only if […]

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conference

Trip to Edinburgh

I’m doing a quick trip to Edinburgh over the weekend, to go to the TV Unconference and then the main TV Festival. Looking forward to it, despite the impending jetlag.

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General, life

Vegan Meals

Last night I had dinner with a few people at Red Bamboo, a vegan restaurant. This place seems to make it’s name from the fake food it provides – soy protein shaped and flavoured to pretend to be meat. We had ‘Chicken’ wings, ‘prawns’, just ‘meat’ in general. There you see fake prawns, shaped and […]

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behindthebuzz, fun

Doing my bit to spread the meme of bacn

I did my bit for the spread of bacn this week, bumping into Caroline McCarthy at the Crunchgear party. Today the term has made BoingBoing, or at least the buzz about the buzz about the term has: as of today, Wednesday, according to Technorati, there are over 350 blog posts containing the word, and it’s […]

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life

You are never too old

Through a serendipitous meeting yesterday, doing some work on another conference, I got invited to a BBQ in Queens yesterday (my first visit to the Borough). Whilst there, I had a good chat with the main host, a 70+ year old gentleman who talked about his media habits and how so many companies just did […]

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conference

Gnomedex Review

I’ve finally got round to posting this. I had to decamp to a coffee shop to focus on actually getting some writing done as lazing around at home was just not cutting it. My 2007 Gnomedex experience is now over. I’ve had 2 days of conference, a further day of unconference and networking, a bit […]

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advertisment, conference

Mahalo for my sister

Mahalo is brilliant, or so says my sister. That’s what she thought when she took a look at it after looking at Twitters about it. When I asked why she thought that, here’s what she said. Wow – now I do not have to spend hours searching for things on the Web – I can […]

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conference

Barcamp NYC3 is being planned

After an email to the barcamp list, I sent round an email to a few other lists today to kick start the planning for Barcamp New York City 3. And thanks to Dean Collins, we already have our first donation and sponsorship money. If you are interested, then come along to one of the meetings […]

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life, socialmedia, web stuff

Clipmarks and Forbes

Do I believe what it says in the blogs? This time I hope so – Venture Beat is reporting that Clipmarks is being bought by Forbes. The New York-based startup lets you select text, photos or videos on web pages, then use Clipmark’s bookmarking feature to save the URL and your selected information to your […]

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events, podcasting

TPN at the Fringe

Nice to see Ewan’s annual Fringe Podcast show is doing well, being the top one in the iTunes catalogue. I recommend tuning in if you want a great taste of the legendary festival

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fun, life

Hair Makeover

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!

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General

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 […]

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video, web stuff

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 […]

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fun, life

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 […]

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web stuff

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 […]

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life

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.

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life

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 […]

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life, work

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. […]

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fun

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.

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