blog NaBloPoMo statistics stats · 250 words
As we enter another NaBloPoMo - where I try to write a blog post each day in Novemeber - I thought I'd take a look back at how this blog has developed. On Friday, October 30, 2009, I switched on WordPress statistics so I could get a better idea of what was popular on my site. My average traffic back then was 80 visits per day. Not bad for a backwater blog. Since then, my writing has been…
Continue reading →blog blogging ebuzzing pr Sponsored Post · 600 words
This is a sponsored post from ebuzzing I've been pleasantly surprised by ebuzzing. They're part of the Wikio Group, who are focussed on getting bloggers to post about about brands that they like - and get paid for it. Despite running a backwater blog on obscure mobile phone related nonsense, I often get emailed by companies wanting to promote themselves here. Sometimes they…
Continue reading →android blackberry blog blogging bluetooth meta NaBloPoMo wp7 · 1 comment · 550 words · Viewed ~1,333 times
This has been a really tough NaBloPoMo for me. Work has been frantic - meaning that my lunchtime blogging has been restricted to a quick bit of copy editing. I've also had some wonderful new toys to play with - which has distracted my attention. But the biggest problem? My Android phone. Don't get me wrong, I love Android - but for typing, it's nowhere nearly as good as my BlackBerry was. …
Continue reading →blog google checkout meta payment paywall voluntary · 1 comment · 500 words
Almost a year ago, I postulated a way to turn the tables on the News International paywall. After playing around for a bit, I discovered that it was easy to block The Times from reading a blog, but I couldn't find an easy way to disable the paywall on receipt of payment. So, I've set up a voluntary paywall. It's in the sidebar - and looks something like this... This was partly a way for me …
Continue reading →blog GPL meta theme WordPress · 2 comments · 100 words
This blog is proud to be XHTML 1.0 Strict Compliant. Just like it is polite to use correct spelling and grammar for human readers, I believe that correct markup is "polite" for rendering engines. I've recently started using DynamicWP's Simple White Theme. The theme is excellent, but generated around 60 validation errors. Luckily these were caused by a scant half dozen errors in the source co…
Continue reading →blog books swinging london · 7 comments · 300 words · Viewed ~439 times
It's always a thrill to hear an author read their work aloud. It's even more of an honour to be at the author's début. Last night, 100 people crammed into the function room of Canal 125 for the launch event of Girl With A One Track Mind Exposed by Abby Lee aka Zoe Margolis. Sitting around her in a semicircle, it was like Jackanory for adults. Despite never having read her work in public …
Continue reading →blog bloggers mobile mwc · 3 comments · 400 words · Viewed ~552 times
Well, we're post Mobile World Congress, so let's see what's caught the eye of the web's best mobile bloggers. Here's Carnival of the Mobilists #212! The 25 Biggest Companies in Mobile. The inimitable Tommi Ahonen pores over the statistics and shows the size of companies according to the money they make in mobile - and only mobile. I may query the use of USD rather than € in the calculations, b…
Continue reading →blog mobile WordPress wpmp · 9 comments · 600 words
WordPress is only for people rich enough to buy a smartphone and cool enough to choose the right brand. Right? From the WordPress Blog: I like to moderate comments when I’m waiting for something: a checkout clerk to help me, the dentist to call me back to the office, a soy chai to be made. I don’t lug my laptop everywhere I go,* so I love it that we have mobile apps that make this possible. I …
Continue reading →BBC blog drm encryption ofcom shakespeare · 2 comments · 350 words
As Shakespeare said... "[Blog posts are] a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Today Ofcom published the responses it had for its consultation on plans for the BBC to encrypt its HD broadcasts. The blogosphere went nuts! DRM? Not on our watch. Boing Boing mobilised its army of commentators, the BBC published two blog posts which quickly filled up with comments, …
Continue reading →awesome blog FOAF identity presenting smclondon08 · 2 comments · 1,300 words
((Work In Progress - still need to add pics, videos and links))Yesterday, myself and a few hundred other bloggers, geeks, marketing droids and other social media maverns descended on Wallacepace St Pancras for the inaugural Social Media Camp London 2008.This is just a quick post to say what I did, what I liked and what I thought could go better,First off, enormous thanks to Vero for single…
Continue reading →
I'm updating the blog's template to be .mobi compliant. I'm using the Blogger mobile template found on the dev.mobi site.After seeing it on SMSTextNews I'm implanting Disqus comments. Let's see if we can get them validating against the W3c. …
Continue reading →
SHKSPR.mobi exists to bring the world's greatest playwrite to the SMS generation! No more will teenagers have to read long and complex prose, they can have everything compressed into a language with which they are more familiar!That is, of course, a load of nonsense. This site exists because I wanted a test bed for all my mobile content. I figured that abusing Shakespeare was the best way to…
Continue reading →