Hey #googleplus denizens. How can I get a circle to stay in that little top bar between visits? i.e. I don't want to know about Family or Friends most of the time, I do want to know about the interesting morsels our BSc Web Technologies students are discussing. But, when I reload, I'm back to [...]

I'm trialling Google Drive on our apps domain. Brilliant although … it does insist on using the folder name "Google Drive", which is ugly. I use short folder names, nocaps, nospaces. #onetinyflaw #frasiercrane #googledrive Here's To Impossible Standards +Google Drive Y U NO LET ME PICK FOLDER NAME? I Can Has Cheezburger? Historic LOLs · [...]

I'm trialling Google Drive on our apps domain. Brilliant although … it does insist on using the folder name "Google Drive", which is ugly. I use short folder names, nocaps, nospaces. #onetinyflaw #frasiercrane #googledrive Here's To Impossible Standards +Google Drive Y U NO LET ME PICK FOLDER NAME? I Can Has Cheezburger? Historic LOLs · [...]

If #apple does build a 3840×2400 resolution #mbp , I may have to sell a kidney. #retina #laptop Comment on Google+

Edd Dumbill originally shared this post: Google does the semantic web Except they call it the "knowledge graph". Notwithstanding all the snide remarks, disinformation, cranks, wonks and derailers, the semantic web is at its core an awesome idea. It's just an idea with an arc of about 20 years to reach true usefulness. I reckon [...]

lynn paden originally shared this post: yes. Comment on Google+

1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 #obama #chess #equality Comment on Google+

Ever-so-slowly, Google is rolling out Google Wave. Hoi polloi need some things drip-fed. A better Google+ notification experience in email Posted by Zohair Hyder, Software Engineer Notification emails are a great way to keep up with what's happening in the Google+ stream: whether someone mentions you, comments on your post, or shares… Comment on Google+

Cute CSS3 Menu Candy Robert Nyman originally shared this post: CSS3 menu effects: http://louisremi.github.com/menu-effects/, by @Louis_Remi Menu Effects Silly menu effects. Pure CSS, degrades gracefully in IE8! Created by @louis_remi. Tested in WebKit & Firefox Nightly. Inspired by @hakimel's scroll-effects. Fork me on GitHub. Bounce. sub-One;… Comment on Google+

A beautiful example of connected service-based computing. The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text de… Comment on Google+

Simon Phipps originally shared this post: "If only two of Oracle's patents hold up on review, that means the patent office got it right less than 30 percent of the time, an average we have every reason to believe is representative of the entire sector's patents … Yet these overwhelmingly invalid patent claims have had [...]

Videos from JSConf US 2012 are online. Get 'em while they're hot. Comment on Google+

Google Drive represents a serious alternative to dropbox and icloud that will integrate completely with our uni systems (and #android ). Hopefully launched in time for us to get things ready over the summer, and use for the 2012 cohort. This could make continuous formative feedback significantly easier and turn the coursework submission process into [...]

This is a test. That is all. Comment on Google+

HTML5 Please is a new site reflecting the suitability of the latest Web Standards that are still works in progress. It’s somewhat similar to Can I Use.

Some time ago, I noticed the traffic on this site dropping off rapidly.

Ward Cunningham introduces a work in progress, the Smallest Federated Wiki with a series of short films.

go to parent folder noting that there is a . at the end of the command, type: svn propset svn:externals ‘foldername url’ . observe that it says; property ‘svn:externals’ set on ‘.’ type svn up

I woke this morning feeling still a little under the weather after a few days of the common cold, so before making a pot of tea, I went for a Lemsip. In a pique of consumerism at the shop the other day I also bought a tube of orange flavour Berocca. I’m not usually one [...]

I’m delighted to see Mark Thomas new book “The People’s Manifesto” is now available from the publisher as a traditional paperback and an ebook. It’s as razor sharp as any of his previous books & TV shows, and stunningly diverse because each policy was suggested and voted on by the general public in shows all [...]