August 2008 - Posts

• Why there are no Blog Empires in the UK

  Fascinating guest post from one of the founders of Shiny Media on TechCrunch UK. The post and the ensuing comments give a useful tour of many of the participants of the UK blogging scene (or should that be 'industry', ah, there's the rub), their issues Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 14 August 2008 07:52 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Blogging

• Spin free nation. Say it like it is.

  Seeing any Government representative being blunt about their motivation is refreshing. Apparently, the Chinese stuck a photogenic nine year old girl in front of the huge TV audience for the Olympics opening ceremony, lip syncing to the Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 12 August 2008 18:22 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Random

• A mashup for the holidays?

  If you are taking a holiday in one of the 27 EU states, then the European Environment Agency's Eye on Earth initiative enables you to checkout the water quality of the beaches or inland waterways near to your destination through its Water Watch site. Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 07 August 2008 07:02 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Technology

• My Olympics prediction: couch potato nation to trump swimmers, runners and jumpers

  My colleague John was underwhelmed by the science underpinning my Euro 2008 prediction: Germany (least TVs per household in Europe) to win, following no UK teams even qualifying (UK has most TVs per household in Europe). But it's August... Obviously Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 06 August 2008 06:01 by Steve | 0 Comments Filed Under: Random