Geek protoblog NTK’s strapline was always, “They Stole Our Revolution, Now We’re Stealing It Back.” In the tug-of-war between ill-advised companies (”The Man”) and the righteous populace, there’s been a new pull.
Search engine Ask.com’s attempt to re-position itself as the alternative to Google follows in the great tradition of challenger brands. Apple positioned the all-but-useless-at-the-time [...]
It seems that a customer revolt has forced Dell to start selling PCs with Windows XP again, reversing their decision to sell PCs fitted with Vista only. Michael Silver, Research VP at Gartner said “This is really odd. On new PCs, consumers usually want what’s latest and greatest.”
Hmmm. Perhaps they guys over at ctrl-alt-del can [...]
Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet
For people who can’t be bothered to tag and describe their own del.icio.us bookmarks, here’s an autotagging bookmarklet. Wouldn’t use it myself, but can understand the need. Might this spoil del.icio.us?
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Social Web in Support of Informal Learning
Screencast presentation by by Teemu Arina
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EquationSheet.com
Create a personal Equation Sheet from [...]
There’s been lots of attention paid to user generated advertising. MasterCard has benefited from it, and so has Apple. In some peoples’ opinion, Chevrolet has done less well.
At least one site, Yaadz, has been to take avantage of UGA. But it’s not always people who like your product that make the best ads.
If I were [...]
A couple of people have been arrested in Worcestershire for using other people’s wi-fi connections without permission. The MO for the crime is kind of mundane - apparently, the wi-fi thief sits in his or her car outside your house, covers their car window in cardboard (premeditation!) and helps themself to your wanadoo or whatever.
So [...]