Category Archives: Wordpress and Blogs

Welcome Back

I’m back. Where have I been? I was in Portishead, Plymouth and Taunton in Co-operatives Fortnight back in late June/early July. I seemed to spend July flat out with work trying to catch up again, then I fell ill just … Continue reading

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2009 Top 10 Software Cooperative News

Amazon Kindle Un-selling Books was the most-viewed news item on my blog this year. Once again, a lock-out/bad-business story takes the top spot. I don’t think that one got as much coverage in the mainstream media as they usually do, … Continue reading

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WordCamp UK, 17-18 July 2010 in Manchester

Advance notice of WordCamp UK 2010 on 17-18 July 2010 in Manchester. Ticket sales expected in early April 2010. I voted for the Portsmouth bid, so of course Manchester won(!) I’ve passed the event details to our co-op for consideration. … Continue reading

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#ukgovoss and Poor gov.uk Websites

Using gov.uk websites is an ordeal at the best of time. Even the most polished websites tend to reflect the structure of the government body, which I find counter-intuitive – and I’m a councillor who pays attention to these things. … Continue reading

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Consumers, Boycotts and Cooperatives

A couple of days ago, daniel stone: boycott insanity compared Boycott Novell to “people on the street shouting at the sky about the government.” Previously, I’ve explained here why I think Boycotts are consumers doing judo on corporations and it’s … Continue reading

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identi.ca and twitter OLPC – One Line Per Contact

I’ve been having fun with identi.ca and twitter recently, but some of my contacts, friends, followees, subscriptions (or whatever you want to call them) send many more messages than others. One contact gave a running commentary on his progress up … Continue reading

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journals.aol.com closure botched

America OnLine (AOL) killed their blogging service – actually, all their Hometown sites – last September and I only just noticed. AOL didn’t kill it cleanly. They could have offered 301 Moved Permanently redirects to users’ new hosting (good – … Continue reading

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 3

This is the final part of my review of popular articles on my news websites during 2008. It follows part 1 and part 2, but it can be enjoyed on its own, like an nice ripe cheese. Unlike one friend, … Continue reading

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 2

This is a continuation from part 1 but can be enjoyed on its own too, like a good red wine. It’s a bit early for me for red wine, though. May BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming – my letter … Continue reading

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 1

Over the next few days, I’m looking at the most popular articles from this site and my previous news website during 2008. I’ll be doing it in three parts. Popularity is measured by page views from local access logs, but … Continue reading

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