Tweeting straight from a QR code – CAN IT BE DONE??

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There are some intriguing possibilities when you mix Twitter Web Intents with QR Codes. As no-one seems to have thought of this before, here I explain how it could work, and some suggested uses. [...]

Blog Action Day – thinking (or not) about food #BAD2011

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I have about an hour before the end of Blog Action Day, to write post about food…

So…here goes a bit of a stream of thoughts…don’t expect too much structure!

Earlier today I was listening to BBC Radio 4 and heard a programme mentioning diamond Shreddies. A quick YouTube search later and I found [...]

Reserving multiple usernames on social media sites

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On more than one occasion I’ve had to set up multiple social media accounts. This is a list of hints and tips that I have collected along the way – including my Excel Username Checker – which quickly checks which Twitter and Facebook usernames are available. [...]

Facebook Tips: Updating by email, and turn off auto-replies

You may be aware that you can update your personal Facebook profile by email. Log in to Facebook, then visit http://www.facebook.com/mobile/ and you can find your own personal “update Facebook” email address.  Anything sent to that email address (from any account) will be posted on your wall – you can even add pictures to the [...]

Tonights journey home…

If you follow my twitter stream (or know me personally) you will know my journey home is a bit of a nightmare.

I catch a train from Guildford to Woking, then change for Weybridge where I watch my train pull out of the other side of the platform as the train I am on pulls [...]

How do I hate t.co…let me count the ways

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Twitter recently rolled out their own url shortener t.co. Any link over 13 characters gets shortened (or if it is between 13 and 16 characters lengthened!) using a t.co domain. Their eventual aim is to shorten every URL [...]

Marketing to cyclists

Two quick ideas for marketing to cyclists… [...]

Electric Vehicles – why I think we need a battery standard

I have just written to my MP (who also happens to be the Minister for Transport) after I read the governments plans for an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. While some have characterised the move away from “a chargepoint on every corner” as being a green U turn, I think the Government is missing a far bigger [...]

10 thoughts about QR codes

It seems 2011 might be the year the QR code goes mainstream (though I read similar predictions for 2008, 2009 and 2010..) so here are my top 10 tips on using them (in no particular order). [...]

Moving images hosted on a bicycle wheel

Briefly surfing Vimeo earlier I came across this awesome video.

The Cyclotrope from tim Wheatley on Vimeo.

As far as I can tell, the video is shot live, but the spin rate is the same as the frame rate – so it looks like it is animated. It just blew me away – reminding me [...]