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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...

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Has 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....

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Debatewise: 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...

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Panorama 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)

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Playfic

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...

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The 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....

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The 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...

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Port80: 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,...

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The 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...

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A 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...

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The 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...

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Pizza / 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,...

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Wales 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...

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How 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...

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Halfblog: 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...

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Why 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...

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As 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...

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Why 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...

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Google 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...

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Idea 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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