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Monthly Archives February 2007

Rainbow

Looked out the window and saw a rainbow. Thought I better record the event.

Posted 28 February 2007 † Stuart § Comedy § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Celebration

Saw Harold Pinter’s play ‘Celebration’ on the TV, and loved the line about all mother’s want to make love to their sons, very funny. All the more so for when thanks to Red Pepper magazine which was supported by Pinter I happened to go back to his place with everyone else and I had the [...]

Posted 28 February 2007 † Stuart § Comedy § Family tales § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Social Media Survey for Corporate Communicators!

Just received the link to the survey plus free report from Daniel Gregory at Melcrum, which looks of interest:
“This survey will generate some industry-wide benchmarks and insight on the current use of social media in corporate communications and takes just five minutes to complete.
“All participants will be able to download our free short report, The [...]

Posted 27 February 2007 † Stuart § Main Page § Social software ‡ Comments (0) °

Hot Fuzz

Saw Hot Fuzz last night - enjoyable and funny. Bit spooky for me remembering my time as a local journalist, and all the stories it brought back from the Diss Express, including the Harleston Two case with the kidnap and campaign to free the guys.

Posted 26 February 2007 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

DIY dude

Went to my local HSS hire shop today, which was a good move as they knew the right power drill to cut through the concrete walls - I feel a proper geezer. Then when I returned with the drill someone had kindly left a note on my bike which I had I thought amusingly locked [...]

Posted 24 February 2007 † Stuart § Barking § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

P2P as an alternative to Web 2.0

For techi’s P2P means peer-to-peer, but why not reuse it in the Web 2.0 context to mean person2person (as in b2b or b2c)?

Posted 23 February 2007 † Stuart § Main Page § Social software ‡ Comments (0) °

Amazingly cool (and short!) video about the power of XML

click here
Created by Michael Wesch, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.

Posted 23 February 2007 † Stuart § Main Page § Social software ‡ Comments (0) °

Boy Soldiers

Saw the Daily Show interview with the guy who wrote his experience as a boy soldier in Sierra Leone last night. Very interesting how he said the toughest part was not becomign a boy soldier in a chaotic environment as that offered order, but learning how to become human again after the war. Reminded me [...]

Posted 23 February 2007 † Stuart § Main Page § Psychology ‡ Comments (0) °

Hospitals pick hi-tech clipboard?

This electronic clipboard looks interesting:
“An electronic clipboard that has the potential to save lives has been unveiled. It is hoped the device - known as a mobile clinical assistant (MCA) - will cut the time doctors and nurses spend on paper work.
“It could also improve patient safety and speed up treatment times. The portable device [...]

Posted 21 February 2007 † Stuart § Health § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Backfill

“Backfill/ing” - the practice of amending a weblog by going back into the past and adding posts previous to when the blog was launched. Useful if you’re looking to fake it with a marketing-led blog I guess?
An example of the functional use of backfilling for job sites here.

Posted 21 February 2007 † Stuart § Main Page § Social software ‡ Comments (0) °