This is a podcast I recorded for Talis' Nodalities series of talks. Because Facebook has recently made announcements about moving in a Semantic Web direction, I spoke with their Senior Open Programs Manager, David Recordon, about Facebook's perspectives on many of the...
FryPaper: an interview with the man behind Stephen Fry’s iPad app
Following my post about using the iPad recently, I’ve spent some time using more content-focused apps. As I mentioned before, the iPad has turned out to be a great device for consuming, reading, and just experiencing media. This has obvious benefits for video, and...
iPad-so far
Two weeks ago, I counted myself one among the hoards of silly sods who queued early in the morning for the chance to see, touch and indeed buy the much-hyped iPad. My justification for this lameness is that the next day, I was scheduled to fly out for a week-long...
Coffee Basics from Union Hand-Roasted Coffee: a podcast
Today, I spoke with Jeremy Torz from Union Hand-Roasted Coffee. We recorded part of our conversation about British coffee as a podcast. I am interested in ways people can get the most out of the pleasurable experience that is coffee, without being daunted by anything...
Digital Economy Bill
A couple weeks ago, I wrote to my MP to raise concern for the so-called "washup" of last-minute legislation being used to push through the now highly-controversial "Digital Economy Bill." My reasons to write are several, and I will devote some more time to explain...
Talis: We’re Excited
This post was originally published on Nodalities Blog. The Talis offices, for the past few weeks, have been awash with geeky excitement—that kind of near giddy excitement that comes with eager expectation. We've all been waiting for something important. For some, this...
Trends and Barriers
|This article first appeared in Nodalities Magazine, CC By + SA For anyone following the Nodalities blog, you may have read some of my recent posts discussing the trends boiling up around Web 3.0 (other buzzwords are available). The Mobile Web and upgraded...
Journalism Needs Data in 21st Century
|This first appeared as a guest post on ReadWriteWeb, republished with kind permission Journalism has always been about reporting facts and assertions and making sense of world affairs. No news there. But as we move further into the 21st century, we will have to...
WordPress Woes
So, Wordpress 2.8 is great! I love the interface, the drag/drop, the ajaxed admin area and loads of other features. Unfortunately, it's also broken. My problem occurs when I update plugins. Whenever a WP plugin needs updating, the automated system has failed to...