A bookmarklet for making web citations
I share a lot of suff from the web, on this blog and elsewhere. Typically I like to use a passage of text from the site I’m linking to (wrapped in a <blockquote>), followed by a link to the...
View ArticleHas Facebook already killed the common web?
This post by Robert Scoble describes the main reason why I despise Facebook. It’s not their lack of respect for user’s privacy, it’s not their amoral founder or their virtual monopoly in social media....
View ArticleDebatewise: A good system for constructive debate
Debatewise.org is a site I think about every time I see an argument on Twitter or in a comment thread on some blog or other. The reality of the site falls very far short of the promise on offer: […] a...
View ArticlePanorama tracks down a notorious racist internet troll from Cardiff
Declan Lawn hunts down racist troll Darren Burton aka Nimrod Severn. Panorama: Hunting the Internet Bullies (via TNW)
View ArticlePlayfic
Playfic is a community for writing, sharing, and playing interactive fiction games (aka “text adventures”). Behind the scenes, Playfic simply takes the game source you enter and passes it to the...
View ArticleThe Encyclopedia Game
Another fascinating Kickstarter documentary project. Wikipedia is a corrupt political environment, and it should be disrupted. “The Encyclopedia Game” is a documentary film about Wikipedia vandalism....
View ArticleThe Curator’s Code
The Curator’s Code is a standard for attribution — a way of providing credit to the creators of content being shared online, and those who helped you discover it. Curation is something I do a lot, and...
View ArticlePort80: A web design conference in Newport, May 25th
I was lucky enough to get one of the Port80 early bird tickets, so I’ll be there. Tickets are still available for £49, plus VAT. The talks will be on useful subjects like content strategy, site speed,...
View ArticleThe Data Journalism Handbook
The Data Journalism Handbook is intended to be a useful resource for anyone interested in becoming a data journalist, or dabbling in data journalism. It was born at a 48 hour workshop at MozFest 2011...
View ArticleA new hyperlocal blog for Gabalfa, Cardiff
This week I created a new Cardiff hyperlocal blog for the Maendy, ‘Lower Heath’, western-edge-of-Cathays area known to the council as the ward of Gabalfa. It’s a funny area to cover. Wikipedia says...
View ArticleThe Kickstarter model
Stephanie Pereira is Kickstarter’s Director of Art Programs, and in this diagram she illustrates the elements of a Kickstarter project. Even if you don’t use Kickstarter to raise money, there’s a lot...
View ArticlePizza / not pizza
Here is the Google search results page for ‘pizza’, circa 2012: Clearly what you want to see and what Google wants you to see are now two different things. It wasn’t always like this. (And in fairness,...
View ArticleWales Blog Awards 2010 and 2011: A call for information
Note: See bottom of this post for updates. Last year I wrote about the blogs that were shortlisted for – and won – the Wales Blog Awards. I had an idea for a follow-up post this year that would give a...
View ArticleHow not to treat your customers online: Google bring sucky web experiences to...
I really appreciate these hilarious videos made by Google Analytics. They’re a perfect illustration of how frustrating shopping online can be. Online Checkout With the holiday shopping season in full...
View ArticleHalfblog: 2012 in review
WordPress.com has produced some cool-looking reports for users, summing up blog activity for 2012. It’s really just a pretty stats page, but it’s very well done with CSS animated fireworks, parallax...
View ArticleWhy is this BBC website not available in the UK?
I find a lot of my reading material via Digg, who occasionally link to a BBC Future story that looks like the kind of thing I’d be interested in. However these articles (which appear on a bbc.com...
View ArticleAs one Posterous closes, another Posthaven opens
In news that must have surprised no-one, Posterous has announced that it will be turning off the lights in a few months. On April 30th, we will turn off posterous.com and our mobile apps in order to...
View ArticleWhy people online don’t read to the end
Farhad Manjoo has written a condescending article for Slate about how we have short attention spans online: I’m going to keep this brief, because you’re not going to stick around for long. I’ve already...
View ArticleGoogle has a terrible 404 page
On the face of it Google has a perfectly decent 404 page. There’s a cute little robot illustration and an amusing page title (‘Error 404 (Not Found)!!1′). Also on the positive side, the page is very...
View ArticleIdea for a read-it-later browser extension
Read it later services are nothing new, with Instapaper and Pocket being the two leaders of this particular niche. Apple’s Safari browser even has a built-in ‘Reading List’ feature. My personal...
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