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Mediacamp Nottingham 4

It seems like much more than a year since Mediacamp 2 took place. It’ll be interesting to see how much has changed in that time. With talks on developing a webTV network (Fibrecamp), location based social platform stuff, crowdsourcing goodness … Continue reading

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Three Ages of Invention

This Sunday Times article by Douglas Adam has resurfaced on the 10th anniversary of his death. It has following statements: everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; anything that gets invented between then and before … Continue reading

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Giving With Kiva

As of March 2011, I’m up to 36 loans on Kiva. All loans have been to entrepreneurs in Peru, for a variety of retail and agriculture services. It’s been massively rewarding to be able to help with a simple loan. … Continue reading

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Gamecity 5 and Onward

I finally attended my first ever Gamecity in 2010, the festival’s fifth year. So it took four years to get there, but it was everything I expected it to be. However, it seems that it wasn’t everything the organisers expected … Continue reading

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Taking Hits on Twitseek

Twitseek.com has been blessed with a glut of traffic in the last few months. After being up for over a year, something has kicked in to drive traffic to the site. Increased Page Views A combination of Google Webmaster Tools, … Continue reading

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Willy Wonka of Carbonation

A great video of John Nese, the “Willy Wonka of carbonation”, from Galcos Soda Pop Stop by chow.com. John Nese is talking about the massive variety of sodas they have for sale. His passion for the product is fantastic and … Continue reading

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Kiva – The Game

Kiva is an amazing organisation which allows me to loan money to entrepreneurs on the other side of the world. And I love it. And I want to tell people about it. Using services like Foursquare and Gowalla I cannot … Continue reading

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Spotify Comes Into Its Own

Spotify has really come into its own recently and that’s because of its accessibility from elsewhere. iPhone The ability to run Spotify as a background task on the iPhone has finally made it usable on the device. Until then, it … Continue reading

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Using Twitpay for Paid Content

At Mediacamp Nottingham 2, Glenn Le Santo was discussing the last ten and next ten years of media. Part of that discussion was inevitably about monetisation and how its difficult to do. When it is attempted there is a backlash … Continue reading

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Mediacamp March Madness

Attended Mediacamp Nottingham 2 and here is the long list of stuff that I took away from the event. List of the active Twitterer’s although pretty much everyone at the event had a Twitter account. This would not have been … Continue reading

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