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Entries from December 2009

Major problems upgrading to Wordpress 2.9

December 22nd, 2009 · Comments

Having read up on the features of Wordpress 2.9 and seen barely a mention of any problems on the main tech sites I subscribe to, I committed a cardinal sin yesterday and updated the new version straight to my two live blog sites. –Top Tip – either wait for the .1 version, or upload to [...]

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Tags: Blogging

Minor Wordpress 2.9 theme and plug-in issues….

December 21st, 2009 · Comments

If you’re not reading this via RSS you might notice a different look for the blog at the moment. Basically I decided not to wait any longer to upgrade to WP 2.9, and it appears to be causing some theme and plug-in issues.
It’ll be sorted soon.

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Tags: Blogging

3 great new iPhone apps from Absolute Radio

December 17th, 2009 · Comments

I’m obviously biased, bearing in mind I’ve been responsible for them, but three great new Absolute Radio apps are now available for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

They combine a really nice alarm clock with bespoke wake-up messages from either Christian O’Connell, Dave Gorman or Frank Skinner. And once the message has played, you’ll automatically [...]

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Tags: Mobile Applications · absolute radio · mobile

Content farms most threaten UK media firms

December 14th, 2009 · Comments

The ‘content farm’ strategy of building huge numbers of writers producing content for relatively low payments has been receiving increased coverage as aol concentrates on becoming a content firm rather than a technology firm.
It’s a tactic also being used by the likes of Demand Media and Answers.com, and has also been utilised by companies such [...]

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Tags: 789 · Digital Publishing · traditional media