Image via CrunchBaseFacebook connect is now builtin to Vbulletin.Sure, you could have used one of several plugins to get Facebook Connect working, but the problem with 3rd party plugins is that they are not guaranteed to be supported. (ie. if Vbulletin releases a version that "breaks" the plugin you're snookered)Enabling the new features is pretty easy and they've provided … [Read more...] about Facebook Connect Comes To Vbulletin
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Which Technical Sites Do You Read?
Image via CrunchBaseI'm always curious to know which sites people visit on a regular basis, so this morning I asked people on Twitter which sites they went to.Engadget seems to be a very popular choice.Other ones people mentioned included The Register, Silicon Republic (for the headlines), Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Wired and TUAWSo which ones do you read? … [Read more...] about Which Technical Sites Do You Read?
Since I wrote this article for the Sunday Business Post supplement and it's currently not available online I thought I might as well republish the unedited version. (The edited version might make more sense!)Here it is...Every time you open a newspaper of magazine these days there seems to be articles encouraging you to use various "social networking" websites to improve your … [Read more...] about LinkedIn
Maybe We’re Too Connected?
I spend a silly amount of time online every week.I've got accounts on most of the mainstream social networks (God I hate that term!), as well as twitter, jaiku, loads of fora, mailing lists and of course instant messaging systems.My typical daily routine used to involve checking my email before I'd even had a shower in the morning, so this cartoon from XKCD brought a smile to … [Read more...] about Maybe We’re Too Connected?