Standing up for RSS is a bit like getting excited about cat’s eyes in the road: they’re not something to be very passionate about, but you’d miss them if they weren’t there. I often see tweets and blog posts about RSS dying and it’s become one of those perennial debates in the tech world. Twitter and Facebook [...]
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Keep track of your bookmarks and your friends’ bookmarks, and their friends’ bookmarks (etc)
Jargon warning: there’s no need to be a specialist for what follows, but it does assume knowledge of the inner workings of the web. If it’s incomprehensible, ask a friendly geek to guide you I’ve written a couple of quick tips about Google Reader before, suggesting that it is a powerful tool to follow multiple RSS [...]
Use Google Reader Play to knock up a very quick slideshow
I’m a huge fan of Google Reader (Google account needed for access) because it helps me to graze hundreds of web feeds without having to visit them all. I can also access it via my mobile phone which means I can be sucking in new ideas if I’m standing in a queue. And, from that [...]
Some useful links 5th Jan 2011
Video 101: Editing Basics from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo. Happy New Year people! Here’s a lot of lovely useful links to kick-start the year with: Vimeo Video School 101 – ‘Join the friendly Vimeo Staff as we cover all the basics of shooting and editing videos you can be proud of. We’ve handcrafted these lessons [...]
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