WiseStamp Now Syncs
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.
Digital media
Web 2.0 or Social Media? It Depends on the Year
A client asked me the other day what the difference was between social media, new media, digital media and Web 2.0. I told him: time. To see what I mean look at the following timeline from Google Trends: The blue line is searches of “social media” since 2004, orange is ”new media”, red “web 2.0” … Read more
The Heatline of a Story
Google, apparently prodded by the ground covered by twitter news, has introduced a feature on its Google News search results that indicates what one might call the ‘heat’ of a story—how many sources are covering it over time: As with Google Search Trends, the stories below the chart are linked to the graph via letters … Read more
The Myth of Customization?
I noticed that the BBC website, one of the most trafficked news websites on the planet, is abandoning customization due to an apparent lack of interest. Instead of being able to choose between a UK version and an international version, all visitors will get the same homepage. Steve Herrmann explains it thus: So why bother … Read more
The Problem With Memory Sticks
… is that you forget you have them in your pocket. According to Credant Technologies, a Texas-based security company, about 9,000 USB sticks have been left in people’s pockets in the UK when they take their clothes to the dry cleaners. This is based on a survey (no link available; sorry) of 500 dry cleaners … Read more