The Groundswell – figures for UK 2008

Just for the record really, but am reading The Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff from Forrester. They accompany the book with a website which includes a profile tool. For this to make sense you need to understand their “Social Technographics®” classifications which describe: Inactives, Spectators, Joiners, Collectors, Critics, and Creators. Their profile tool includes data…

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HTC Touch HD – apps I've installed

I’ve been playing with my phone, installing various apps. I figure that any moment soon I’m probably going to crash it, so here’s a reminder just for me of what went in, in no particular order… Touch InCall Screen Tweak (makes the screen light up during a call if you take it away from vertical…

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CMS kit = Ikea flat pack

I liked a post on Robert O’Toole’s blog: The Ikea effect – why we should build a flat–pack V[R]LE He’s talking about a V[R]LE which I’m assuming is much like a VLE. But I thought the aspects on how people like to build their own things, especially when it’s made easy, related well to our CMS project. …

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My new camera has a macro facility

I’m liking my Christmas present. It’s not big but it’s quite clever…  More on my Flickr (via the Slideshow in the main menu). EXIF-aware peeps can figure out what I got from Santa too…

JISC's a bit animated about IPR

Another animation from JISC. Not embeddable I think – probably due to some sort of IPR issue ;-). Anyhow, here’s a screenshot that I’ve not asked permission to show yet… They’re promoting a site called Web 2 Rights which has various toolkits which may be of some  interest. IP toolkit IPR diagnostic tool IPR Flowchart (PDF)

simple pleasures – homemade play dough

Thanks to jennabanana’s comment on this Instructable we made a quick, no cooking required, batch of homemade play dough. Stan requested it first, but they all jumped in for some fun.  Here’s her recipe: 3 cups flour 1/3 cup salt 2tbsp oil (veg) 1 cup water 7 drops food colouring. Mix dry ingredients with oil….

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Purple sprouting broccoli, pasta, and a hot mustard anchovy dressing

The recipe I should have cooked tonight: KALE WITH ANCHOVY AND CHILLI DRESSING This pungent, piquant sauce, somewhere between a dip and a dressing, is quite delicious with earthy kale – or broccoli, or almost any other robust green vegetable. If you like, you can turn it into a more substantial supper dish by cutting…

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Tea bag splats

As of today, our Library has a nice new web site. Last week our IT Services were re-launched. Thousands of pages have been converted to a new template. New structures have been tested and implemented. New ideas have been included. Lots of consultation and feedback happened. Many stakeholders have pulled together and finally the work…

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Time is precious

I suppose I reserve judgement on whether you can proclaim any idea to be the number 1 secret, but it certainly gets attention. A post in Seth’s blog (Time) reveals to us: the #1 most overlooked secret of marketing It turns out to be two things: show up on time (as an individual and in…

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