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Solving the Heathrow crisis with technology

Arriving back in London from a business trip to New York last week, I was expecting a moderate wait in the immigration queue, after all it was 7:45am on a Saturday and this was Terminal 3 not Terminal 5. Seeing 10 – 12 rows of people in the queue (I estimated there were well over [...]

May 6, 2012 ♦ 7 Comments

Featured

featured: mobile broadband: roaming

How to avoid paying data roaming charges on your next overseas trip part 1 – before you go [UPDATED]

[UPDATED November 2011 with E587 details] These tips were featured in the Wired UK September magazine on page 82. Click the image for a larger view. I’ve heard so many horror stories about high data roaming charges from friends and colleagues over the years. This has always surprised me because I’ve managed to keep my [...]

January 1, 2011 ♦ 33 Comments

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social media

Love a good infographic – this Klout vs Kred one is especially good

This amazing infographic was created by Jamie Nanquil @the_jamielynn - see the original post at social media delivered. On the Kred side, where you see “does not” read ” watch this space!”. Click on the infographic for a full sized view

April 19, 2012 ♦ 44 Comments

mobile, social media

How I saved $1Bn and built my own Instagram

Interesting news that Facebook has bought Instagram for a cool $1Bn. I’ve never really understood Instagram. Firstly – you can’t easily go to a user’s instagram profile from a tweet (unless you have the app) and see all the photos they have uploaded, nor can you browse other photos when you are on an Instagram web [...]

April 15, 2012 ♦ 15 Comments

kred

Facebook Activity Drives Influence Scores via Kred Integration

Personal Activity Statements Show Effect of Likes, Shares and Comments on Influence and Outreach SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Apr 12, 2012) – Kred, the Community Influence and Outreach measure from PeopleBrowsr, announced today that actions on Facebook now add Influence and Outreach Points to its scores. People who connect their Facebook account to their Kred profile at [...]

April 12, 2012 ♦ 1 Comment

social media

Connect with Jenni Hogan – pilot program on KIRO7 Seattle mixing TV with social media

Jenni Hogan is a fellow South Australian who now works on TV at Seattle’s KIRO7. I first came across Jenni when reading the iPad version of my old hometown newspaper, the Advertiser where they had written a feature about her. Within moments I was connected to her via twitter @jennihogan and have stayed in touch since. [...]

March 21, 2012 ♦ 8 Comments

social media

Top tweeters list based on number of tweets? This is so 2009…

I grew up in Adelaide and my family still live there. I left for Sydney in 1995 and in 2006 moved to London. I keep resisting the calls from my family to move back to Australia, and one of my main defences is that where I’m playing (the UK and US) we are well advanced [...]

March 19, 2012 ♦ 22 Comments

website

The pitfalls of moving hosting services. The bad then the good

You don’t always have to go with the big guys when it comes to a webhosting company for your blog. A recent experience with moving this blog to a new webhost (and the reasons behind the change) has been the motivation for this post. First – some background I’ve had a website for a long time. [...]

March 12, 2012 ♦ 7 Comments

website

A 5 year old’s perspective on website design

At dinner the other night, I casually mentioned to @madeleinegrill that she could have anything on her website (she’s had one since before she was born). Madeleine then got thinking. First of all she would have to change her picture as it shows her as a 2 year old (I’ll choose the picture daddy). Then she [...]

March 10, 2012 ♦ 4 Comments

mobile

How to pay for your Starbucks on Blackberry or Android (non app method)

Recently you may have started to see people like me using their phones to pay for coffee at Starbucks outlets in the UK. This is a very simple procedure using the iPhone app. If however you have an Android or a Blackberry, you can only look on in frustration if you are a plastic Starbucks [...]

March 7, 2012 ♦ 5 Comments

outdoor

Plan UK uses facial recognition technology for latest outdoor campaign

Hats off to @PlanUK and Clear Channel for pushing the boundaries and implementing the first campaign in London using Facial Recognition technology (can we call this FR?). I went down to the site this morning on Oxford Street (directly opposite Selfridges) to see it for myself ahead of my interview with @SoniaGallegoAJE today for Al [...]

February 22, 2012 ♦ 3 Comments

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Hayley Jayawardene (@Riff_Raff): If you like infographics check out Klout vs Kred http://t.co/Z0HpnhMJ
shaunwootton (@shaunwootton): Klout vs. Kred infographic -> http://t.co/cmMa2nq7
(@thenext100k) (@thenext100k): Solving the Heathrow crisis with technology http://t.co/Cx9BQrcU
Sean Clark (@SeanClark): Love a good infographic – this Klout vs Kred one is especially good by @the_jamielynn...
(@inyk) (@inyk): RT @AndrewGrill: from the weekend: Fixing the Heathrow crisis with technology http://t.co/ZpucLR8E...