Tangled up in Purple

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 [...] Related posts:

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 [...] Related posts:

Who Owns Your Network

Rest, Recuperation and Resurrection

My catch of the day at the Huka Falls Prawn Park

A new decade – a new start?

It would be nice to be able to resurrect this space and do some “fun” writing again. The pressures of the last eighteen months have meant that, apart from tiny Twitter-bytes, I haven’t done any real writing about [...] Related posts:

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 [...] Related posts:

The Real World

My partner came home from school tonight with a story of the young ex-student who visited to show and tell a liver transplant scar and to thank her year six teacher (my partner) for the belief in herself that she learned just four years ago. She said my partner was the most memorable teacher that [...] Related posts:

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.

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

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

A 21st Century Prayer

Last weekend a member of our family circle was involved in an awful accident. She was horrifically injured, and although now making some tiny steps towards recovery, will be in hospital for several months. Her life will never be the same.

At first the news came through to the family via phone and text. My heart [...] Related posts:

We Need More Than 140 Characters

This blog served as my online home for several years. After a few years using Pyra.com and then Blogger I realised that what I wanted in a website could be best served by a blogging system. I found Wordpress in August 2004 and have used it ever since.

In the last couple of years I have [...] No related posts.

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.

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

Blackout

I have put together a quick and dirty page for tomorrow’s blackout – http://www.nixit.co.nz/blackout.htm - feel free to use, remix, whatever

I’ve had a fiddle with the Maintenance Mode plugin (which is where I got the idea) and will see how that works.

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