#“We Need a Computer History Museum for Web Apps like Facebook and Twitter” I was just bitching on Facebook about the recent changes and one of the FB guys mentioned that he has seen the original Harvard version of it. I suddenly realised we need some way of capturing the activity and behaviour of important web-apps over time. We all remember the cultural terrorism of Carol Bartz in Yahoo shutting down GeoCities. »
#“Bottom Feeding US Conference Organisers always Good for a Giggle” Dear Conor, Your company was recently nominated by our esteemedadvisory boardas a company of interest for the blah blah blah event. The number of talented entrepreneurs and the quality of innovative start-ups represented among the 200+ nominees are promising indicators of where the next big ideas in marketing, technology and communication will originate. Given your nomination, we would like to invite you to stay connected with blah blah blah by extending an invitation to purchase a conference pass and join us at the blah. »
#“Creativity not Consumption - Origo a 3D printer for everyone” Hello, I am Origo. I am a 3D printer for ten year olds. You can draw your very own things in 3Dtin and Ill build them for you in plastic. Right now, I am just an idea. I will be as easy to use as an Xbox or Wii. Ill be as big as three Xbox 360s and as expensive as three Xbox 360s. »
#“How GitHub Uses GitHub to Build GitHub” Slides via zachholman.com Great deck. »
#“Ooh I like - Samuel L. Ipsum Placeholder Text” Check it out athttp://slipsum.com/ »
#“Facebook’s EdgeRank should be renamed CletusRank” Top story in my stream right now according to Facebook? Robin Wauters picture of a beer bottle as he watches TV. Yep, critical breaking news according to Facebook's Cletus. As I just said on Facebook: The reason newspapers are dying is because people don't want others picking old news for them...........so Facebook decides it wants to pick old news for me. This isn't a " »
#“I think we passed Facebook peak 3 weeks ago.” I normally don't get overwrought about Facebook changes as they rarely affect me much. e.g. the Subscribe thing is a poor imitation of Twitter so I simply don't use it.But removing the option to show all stories chronologically?That's just not on! I called Facebook peak at 21m users. Never one to learn from my mistakes, I'm calling it again at 750m users, or whatever they were are at three weeks ago. »
#“The HTC Sensation is……..no I’m not going to say it” It's been three weeks since I won a HTC Sensation in some Vodafone Ireland competition I don't remember entering. Thanks Vodafone! I thought I'd do a quick update about it. Overall? Fabulous! Seriously, it's an awesome phone. If you don't drink the Steve kool-aid (hell, even if you do), this is the joint best phone on the market (along with the Samsung Galaxy S II). »
#“App Inventor suitable for younger kids too (and mention of wee project I’m working on)” First the wee project. In October I'mkickingoff a small pilot in my kids' Primary School. I'll be "teaching" App Inventor for 30 mins a week to each of 5th and 6th class. The idea is to run it to Christmas and then pause/review to see if it's worth continuing and expanding. Our Parents'Association and the relevant teachers and Head are fully behind it. »
#“Right, I need recommendations for dirt-cheap diesel Land Rover type thingy” Yesterday I read rumours of early winter snow in Ireland. We've had a couple of winters of either "surprising" snow or horrible floods in Bandon. It's time to embrace my inner mucker and buy a proper farmer-style SUV. I'm not talking silly frou-frou soccer-mom pretend-off-roaders, I want something that can go up a vertical cliff in low gear and do 4000 mpg on diesel. »