Critique of this blog
Ning Group I went to the better blog Ning group which is kind of a community of practice for some bloggers, and asked for a critique of my blog, from the point of view of a new reader. It’s one of the...
View ArticleThe Jelly Art Club movie
Twitter profile pictures are on the change, largely as a result of “something-friday” events involving people, body parts and peas. So my regular pic which I use in lots of places suddenly starts to...
View ArticleHow to convert a Word doc or HTML to Wiki Markup
I came across some more tips for converting Word documents so that the content can be added to a wiki. That’s something which a corporate Knowledge Management pogramme is likely to require, and can be...
View ArticleFlickr
This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing. Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogFlickr Technorati Tags: Flickr, photo
View ArticleFriendfeed for microblogging – a screencast video
Friendfeed is more than just a clever lifestream aggregator for all your other applications, it’s also a micro blogging platform in its own right. Here’s a screencast video I made to show how. In the...
View ArticleFriendfeed and Social Objects
In this second screencast video about Friendfeed, I talk about the way Friendfeed uses social object theory to add stickiness to imported feeds. There’s also a discussion of Friendfeed rooms, and a...
View ArticleMore Friendfeed tips – video 3
Four more tips for getting to grips with FriendFeed In this third video of the series I show four simple techniques for delving further into the productive use of Friendfeed as a social media tool. So...
View ArticleTwitter lists gathered on a wiki blog or forum
As the use of twitter continues to spread despite the restricted service and downtime, a commonplace event for communities is to start compiling lists of links to each other’s twitter accounts. These...
View ArticleSeashore Image Editor for Mac – Better than The Gimp
I can’t remember where I first came across Seashore, but its been sitting in my applications folder and dock for a couple of months and on the odd occasion when I need to do do some image editing I’ve...
View ArticleFree FTP Client Software – Using Filezilla to update Websites
Free FTP Client Software for Windows Filezilla is a free and open source FTP client software program used for connnecting to a webserver to update websites. Here’s a short tutorial video which deals...
View ArticleI Declare Google Reader Bankruptcy
I’ve just gone and done it, I’ve declared Google Reader bankruptcy. That means not only that I’ve marked hundreds of unread items as read (I do that regularly anyway) but that I’ve unsubscribed from...
View ArticleWordPress 3.1 Category Bug
I found a bug after upgrading WordPress to version 3.1 , a bug concerning the display of category content which can go unnoticed for a while. The category pages were redirecting to the blogs home...
View ArticleFree Mac Notes App -like onenote for Mac
Free Mac Notes App http://www.macsparky.com/blog/2011/4/21/free-mac-notes-app.html (via Instapaper) Andy Roberts http://distributedresearch.net/blog via posterous Thanks for subscribing to...
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View ArticleCheck out FiRe – Field Recorder
Check out this application on the App Store: FiRe – Field Recorder Audiofile Engineering Category: Music Updated: 23 Dec 2010 65 Ratings iTunes for Mac and Windows Please note that you have not been...
View ArticleSome things I can’t do on the ipad 2 yet.
So this is an experimental blog post feeding the output from a mind map directly via email to the blog. The mind map software is ithoughtsHD as recommended by Ed Dale and MacSparky, and it’s an...
View ArticleMy Snapshot Statigr.am
Here’s a snapshot of my Instagram stats. You’re on your iPhone right now? - Save the image in your library - Open your Instagram app and share your snapshot with your community (You can even give it...
View ArticleChange Your WordPress Hosting Easily Via ManageWP
From time to time you may wish to move your entire WordPress blog with all its posts, comments, images, themes and widgets over from one web hosting service to another. In this post I’m going to show...
View ArticleDelete WordPress Plugins with ManageWP
I’ve just been using ManageWP beta – the web utility for managing multiple WordPress installations – to delete an obsolete plugin from several of my older blogs. The functionality to delete or...
View ArticleFibre Optical Broadband
I’ve had a new fibre optical broadband and telephone service installed. The BT Openreach vans have been busy in our area for months. The fibre optic cables were laid under the streets and up the...
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