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Tag: Technology

  • SXSWi 2008: "What teens want online and on their phones" panel notes

    The notes from this panel are pretty thorough – it was one of the first panels I attended and I was pretty enthusiastic with the typing. Interesting findings, but the main takeaway for me is that these kids are clever…

  • SXSWi 2008: "Cognitive Seduction 4.0: 20 ways to woo our users" panel notes

    Cognitive Seduction 4.0: 20 ways to woo our users Kathy Sierra, Creating Passionate Users For this panel, I’ll admit my notes were a bit patchy and I relied on a few other ppl’s notes to improve them. I was too…

  • SXSWi 2008: "A/B Testing: Design Friend or Foe?" panel notes

    Since I attended SXSW last week, I thought it’d be the right thing to do to share my notes from panels. They’re incomplete, I’ve probably interpreted some statements wrongly, there are probably plenty of typos. But I felt I’d be…

  • Hippie 2.0: Reflecting upon SXSW 2008

    South by SouthWest is over. Well, the interactive bit is anyways. Music is clearly still going strong, as I witnessed walking down 6th Street and lucking out on seeing Simian Mobile Disco at La Zona Rosa with a few of…

  • Cambridge copper thieves

    “Thousands of homes face losing phone lines after cable thieves struck. Police were alerted today at 9.30am to the theft of high-value cables near Cambourne. […] A mobile police station has been sent to the area and high-profile police patrols…

  • The Secret Strategies Behind Many 'Viral' Videos or why Dan Ackerman Greenberg is an idiot

    [Disclaimer: I realise the last thing I should be doing is giving this guy more visibility and mentions on the web, but his original article, as well as his follow-up REALLY rubbed me up the wrong way and I need…

  • FOWA: We're not divinating the future

    I’m at the Future of Web Apps in London today. So far, I’ve attended the intro keynote with Om Malik and Michael Arrington, followed by Heather Champ & Derek Powazek on “We’ve got this community: Now what?”. I’m now in…

  • To be a Mac user or not to be. That is the question.

    Both Andrew and I are used to having friends, acquaintances and outright strangers asking us for advice on buying their next computer. However, in recent months, I’ve been amazed at the sheer volume of people who have been asking whether…

  • Can Google Hear Him?

    Apparently they can. Aaron Stanton started writing and posting videos on CanGoogleHearMe.com less than two weeks ago, yet he’s an overnight celebrity at the Googleplex. Aaron had a business proposal, but his attempts to contact Google via phone or email…

  • PCs try to get back at Macs

    The well-publicised campaigns by Apple to promote the Mac as an enjoyable platform to use at home was recently crowned off by a dig at Vista’s security system. I’m a Mac fangirl through and through. You can’t get your first…