Walking in Marseilles, by Google
Tweet This is a rare treat. A walk through Marseilles, with an artist talking you through the street art, detail on some pieces, panoramas of views, videos of ...
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Words, actions, privacy.
Tweet Image: My medieval public identity… It used to be when users kicked up a fuss, social networks quaked and gave way to their demands. Then Facebook b...
Google’s “Yay” vs. Twitter’s nuanced view
Tweet A Broadstuff post about the Summly acquisition by Yahoo! looks at the story as a test for how well Google works as a search engine vs. Twitter. Now, Goog...
Think clusters, not websites
Tweet Adam Tinworth thinks that Google Authorship’s evolution could be another major step in Google stepping away from the website as the core unit of the...
Long term trends: The Ngrams Viewer
Tweet “A database of intentions” is how John Battelle described Google. It is a thrilling concept, at times unsettling, that you can see into the se...
Google’s Art Project
Tweet image: Detail from The Great Day of His Wrath, by John Martin If you haven’t seen it already, take some time to go and explore Art Project, a collab...
Causes and contexts: Arab Twitter revolutions and the origins of the First World War
Tweet Image: A troop train in the First World War (cc) drakegoodman @avschlieffen: Is anyone srsly suggesting trains caused the biggest war of all time? WTF!?! ...
Blogs become mainstream media
Tweet In the hype-sphere the chatter is all about Foursquare and Facebook: blogging doesn’t get much of a mention. While I still prize blogging as a form ...
Q: What’s the number one thing people want their browser to do?
Tweet A: Block ads. Sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves of the simple truths about online media and marketing. Like the fact that, given the choice, ...
My top ten pieces of advice for looking after your web shadow
Tweet A while ago I did a video for the Insititute of Chartered Accountants called “12 Golden Rules for Online Personal Reputation Management“. I re...