Here’s a cautionary tale about how hard it is to verify whether someone is who they say they are: Syrian lesbian blogger is revealed conclusively to be a married man Tom MacMaster’s wife has confirmed in an email to the Guardian that he is the real identity behind the Gay Girl in Damascus blog Syrian … Read more
By Jeremy Wagstaff I’m writing this on a Windows PC using a great piece of Microsoft software called Windows Live Writer. And that’s only part of the problem. As you no doubt know, Microsoft have announced they bought Skype, the Internet telephony company, for $8.5 billion. You’ll have to look under a lot of stones … Read more
By Jeremy Wagstaff I was walking the infant the other day, when I saw a vision of my future. A mother and father, out with their son and dog. The mother sat on a park bench, dog sitting obediently at her feet as she flicked absent-mindedly at her iPhone. In the playground, the boy wove … Read more
via blog.thinkery.me I’m really enjoying using thinkery, a sort of stripped down and faster version of Evernote (at least for me) and now you can use it in Google Reader, which is just what I need. Good work, guys update: unfortunately it’s not yet working properly for me.
via wisestamp.com I like WiseStamp as a way to insert good looking signatures into email but their weakness has been not being able to sync between computers. No more. Works well.