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Small rivers of content for a new discovery system

December 10th, 2009 · Comments

I don’t often get contacted with sponsored posts, and sadly when I do they’re generally about topics completely irrelevant to my writing – so being offered information about a new way to create networks of related content sounded too interesting to ignore. It’s called Small Rivers, a tool for bloggers to network content and [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Digital Publishing · social networks

Still room for improvement in Google Reader

August 21st, 2009 · Comments

A lot of people have commented on the new social features which have been released for Google’s RSS Reader – and most of them have been pretty positive.
Recent changes have included showing more information on who likes and shares posts, and being able to connect with more people who have interested with content you like. [...]

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Tags: rss

Ditto.net gets put to one side by Bauer Media

June 24th, 2009 · Comments

It’s with a little sadness that I’m writing about the decision by Bauer Media to shelve Ditto.net – the social entertainment guide which I was fortunate enough to have been involved with for a time.
It’s an understandable decision by Bauer Media. Having apparently spent £1 million on funding the site and development, there wasn’t a [...]

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My Dopplr personal travel report for 2008

January 21st, 2009 · Comments

I’m quite a fan of Dopplr as a way to track my travels, and those of my friends and contacts, so we can improve the chances of meeting up in person.
You may have already heard that they have produced personal reports for each user’s travel in 2008, and seen the Barack Obama one they’ve created [...]

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