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?
Jaiku Back Online
After an extended period of downtime, while it was moved onto the Google infrastructure, Jaiku is back online.Ciaran was following the migration's progress over on Jaiku Invites.They seem to have opened up the invitations, presumably because they're on a much bigger platform than before and can manage the load, but whether the service will "take off" or not is hard to say. … [Read more...] about Jaiku Back Online
More Irish Online Idiocy – Enterprise Ireland Fund Template Monster Clone?
Image by Irish Typepad via FlickrI'm always amazed at the silly / insane / nonsensical junk that comes out of some companies and organisations.Enterprise Ireland seem to be funding a Template Monster clone, which is linked into Digiweb. Why should tax payers be paying for another Eoin Costello project? If it's commercially viable shouldn't it be able to stand on its own two … [Read more...] about More Irish Online Idiocy – Enterprise Ireland Fund Template Monster Clone?
Mac Air Up For Grabs
Paul Walsh is giving away a Mac Air via TwitterMore details hereTo be in with a chance simply "follow" wubud on Twitter … [Read more...] about Mac Air Up For Grabs
Pet Hates – Wannabe Blogs
One of my pethates (I seem to have a lot!) is blogs that aren't actually blogs. All they seem to have is the person's Twitter updates and maybe their latest saved links. Either blog or don't. I don't mind if you don't post that often, but if I wanted your Twitter updates I'd just subscribe to that instead. … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Wannabe Blogs