Widgets are increasingly getting popular in the social networking scene. Widgets can range from the HTML image used by Linked in to complicated Flash based apps.
Some of the more popular widgets are YouTube videos (in my mind they are widgets), Rockyou and Photobucket flash picture slideshows.
I often view widgets as [...]
The common image of charity fund-raising is of cake stalls, formal dinners, sponsored idiocy and telethons. But charities are not standing still and nor are those who sell to them. Most of the threads of Web 2.0 are now available to charities. Below I have listed some of the more interesting ones.
Web 2.0 Mix [...]
Hi I just found another white paper on Travel 2.0 by Ellion.com. You can download it below:
I must say after a quick glimpse and it kind of reminded me of the Travel 2.0 white paper written by Reactive.com. I wrote about it on an earlier kwiqq blog entry.
As a part of my promise to cover the Brighton scene I thought I’ll start with what I regard as a very forward thinking company/organisation that helps Brighton technology get out there. It has aided many startups and individuals to get their businesses up and running. With an average of over 50 jobs posted every [...]
We have been invited by The Hansard Society to contribute to their report to Parliament with our thoughts on how technology and the internet could assist democracy in the UK. We were at Portcullis House last night for a debate on this issue.
Derek Wyatt, MP, Chair, All Party Internet Group, introduced us to a [...]
This blog is to introduce the techie events scene in Brighton and how it’s growing.
Like London, Brighton has its own Geek Dinners, organised by Simon Harriyott , Girl Geek Dinners, organised by Rosie Sherry, Johanna Hunt, Devi Lozdan and Antony Ribot and Open Coffee organised by Ivan Pope of Snipperoo.com. As Ivan puts it: [...]
I read this nice White Paper recently written by Reactive.com about Web 2.0 for the Travel and Tour industry. I think whats good about the paper is the broad outline of things travel companies can do to adapt to audience 2.0
They suggested using tools like: Blogging, podcasting, social networking and user generated [...]
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Just heard that Google bought Double Click for $3.1bn (£1.6n) CASH buyout. What it implies is unlike earlier deals Double Click wouldn’t receive Google shares as part of the deal. This probably will make some big headlines.
The other day Jack Fairhall and I were at Chinwag’s PPC Earthquake. There was a lot of [...]
Raj and I were at the new offices of The Telegraph last night at an event hosted by Shane Richmond, Communities Editor and Blogger in Chief.
We were lucky enough to be given a tour of their brand new, puropse built newsroom. It’s the largest open plan office space in Europe. It’s very impressive [...]