gdp's Comments

adnonsense : Signed up to Twitter

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:57:52 +0000

hmm signed up because work wanted me to. its a good mechanism for spreading news stories etc. if you are not familiar with it, twitter is basically a micro-blogging service. think blogging but limited to SMS length.

adnonsense : What's on your Google Reader / what are your favourite blogs?

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:00:10 +0000

thanks! have added that to reader

Scott Hare's Blog : The ancient art of HTML

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:22:21 +0000

i've been trying (and failing) to work out how to personalise my tumblr blog design! seems pretty difficult unless I edit the CSS / HTML.

Fruition : Tumblr Photo

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:59:18 +0000

some of the related keywords google throws up are hilarious. try going here https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExte...and typing in Britney: britney spars britney spaers britney sperars britney speares britney spiers britney spirs kill britney ????? britney bitch (22,000 people searched for this apparently!!) britney spares britny spears briteny spears britney spear crazy

adnonsense : Interested in Geo/Mobile/Social applications?

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:38:33 +0000

No haven't been to one of these events before, but it looks interesting and there is free beer! I think it will be quite tech (i.e. programming) focused. The event is basically a meeting to discuss development in mobile applications and geolocation (e.g. google maps mobile).

Untitled : Marketing during a recession

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:20:55 +0000

If google could get more retailers using google checkout they could close part of the loop completely, right from intial search to purchase. By adopting a comission model rather that CPC, they could enable a direct relationship between marketing and the final sale. Pricing the keywords coud become a problem though!

adnonsense : New Job!

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:16:09 +0000

Thanks, yes they have a mobile application that is pretty useful. Quite similar to the puls8 concept but w/o the friends part. Yelp will certainly be a challenge, they launched their UK site last week and it will be interesting to see what kind of traffic they get. I'll certainly keep you posted!

cwandell : Holographic TV

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:09:46 +0000

check this out, looks like someone is having similar ideas: http://ouseful.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/social-te...

emc : My internet insight of the week - It's not all traffic that counts

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:52:07 +0000

One thing to look at would be user sign ups rather than hits. A lot of people use digg without ever registering (lurkers), where as virtually everyone who uses linkedin will have also created a profile. But in this case I'd agree that it is a lot down to the type of sites, there aren't really that many monetisation options for digg other than advertising. according to this page digg has 3m users (pretty out of date though) http://www.jgc.org/blog/2008/01/how-many-users-do... whereas according to wikipedia linkedin has 30m

Untitled : Dreaming of the White Stuff

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:34:37 +0000

you could go to Xscape in Milton Keynes :) http://www.xscape.co.uk/snow/milton-keynes/ alternatively Chamonix is doable in one day (now that would be an interesting blog post!!!): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/eu...

cwandell : Holographic TV

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:31:33 +0000

i think you may be on to something, but you just have to look at a show like South Park to realise that quality production (3D / HD / whatever) is not necessary for something to be popular. same deal with the Wii, crappy (by comparison) graphics, but much better gameplay and hence has blown the ps3 away. btw i thought it was very interesting that cinema seems to be bucking the recession trend: http://business.scotsman.com/medialeisure/Cinema-...

Michal Bohanes' blog : Tumblr Photo

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:25:36 +0000

HOT! Do you have a fan club?

Toby's Tumblr : Internet Pawn

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:20:45 +0000

apart from pawn shops the only other business that seem to be booming at the monent are leasing / rental shops - so you might be on to something! these rental shops (Radio Rentals etc) disappeared for a few years during the boom, but I get the feeling they will be back with a vengeance. http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jan/04/renti...

Week 1 : Tumblr Photo

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:32:21 +0000

what is it? looks like a miniture virgin mary!!

Qusai's Blog : My first post

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:03:00 +0000

Q this was inspiring, can't wait for the second post.

Untitled : Tumblr Photo

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:05:18 +0000

hello!

Fruition : First go...

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:47:58 +0000

i concur

Brendan OHara : Tumblr Photo

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:38:29 +0000

did you take this as you fell out of a plane?