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Linkeracy 28 May 2010

Let’s see if we can get a new word into the online vernacular – linkeracy. Linkeracy, as defined by me is the currency of links.

Here goes!
Kevin Kelly on Wired Magazine’s early predictions …

… it is clear that all predictions of the future are really just predictions of the present.

Read the post, it’s an insight [...]

The Mystery of QR Codes Revealed!

I’ve seen the idea of QR Codes coming up a few times recently. There was a piece by Gina Trapani and some discussion around the issues with their use at SXSW.I thought it might be time to do some looking around.

QR (Quick Response) Codes have been around for about 15 years (Wikipedia). They are a [...]

Linkeracy 25 September 2009

Remembering Sir Howard Morrison who died in his sleep this week. My ex-mother-in-law maintained that he and John Rowles were relatives of the family. Fairly tenuous relationships but who was I to argue with a magnificent old kuia?


Speaking of Kiwi Culture, said ex-mother-in-law’s eldest child was Pixie Wiliams who was the vocalist on New Zealand’s [...]

Linkeracy 13 September 2009

This Google document is a sortable spreadsheet of all of the TED Talks made available up to 2nd September 2009. It’s a great way to see who and what you missed.

How many people remember DOS? Or shoulder pads? A quick blast from the past at Everything is Terrible.

Should Twitter monetize? Mashable asks their readers what [...]

Linkeracy 21 July 2009

Nathan Barry exposes how experienced web developers happily allowed someone else access to their Twitter network. Wth the exponential growth of Twitter and other Social Networking applications, people are excitedly giving away their passwords in order to quickly jump on the latest trend.

I’m really excited to be attending Wordcamp NZ in a couple of weeks [...]

Linkeracy 18 January 2009

Obama’s Social Media Toolkit – how to grow a brand / use new media technologies effectively / the crawl, walk, run, fly philosophy – from Steve Rubel

The next step in applying Gladwell/ Tipping Point theories to twitter users. An interesting look at the Tipping Point and Twitter. Are you a connector, a salesman or a maven?

The [...]

Steal This Comic

… you can’t win either way … Steal This Comic from xkcd

Linkeracy – 21st June

Poetry 180 has a poem for every day of the (American High School) year.

Welcome to Poetry 180. Poetry can and should be an important part of our [...]

Anniversary

Today is a special anniversary.

Thirty-five years ago today our family arrived in Wellington, capital city of New Zealand. We were probably a fairly typical bunch of Poms setting out on a new life in a bright new world. From what I can remember we were all very thin and quite pasty. We’d flown for what [...]

Linkeracy – 17th February 2008

– 10 useful email addresses for when the interweb is broken … or bandwidth is low … or that might be useful if you are using your mobile phone. I use the flickr address quite often.

– Windows del.icio.us tag manager. This might be in complete opposition to the philiosophy behind del.icio.us or it might be [...]