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13.02.09

Matt

On Twitter, everyone can hear your scream

Pigeons lined up on a power line
There’s been a bit of an explosion in Twitter use in the last few months. Ever since Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross, amongst other high-profile celebrities started openly twittering, it’s all of a sudden the in-thing to be doing. However, with this increase in activity comes an exciting and also worrying by-product. Read the rest of this entry »

09.01.09

Jamie

Facebook Vs Google

The rapid rise of Facebook cannot be ignored and reminds me of the speed at which Google rose to prominence a few years ago. At face value, the offerings of both companies seem different (search engine vs social application) but they essentially comprise of many similar elements; personal user data, email, IM, advertising revenue, social applications and search functionality. Read the rest of this entry »

09.05.08

Matt

Immersed in search

PicLens logo
OK, so you’ve got the minimal approach to search typified by Google, but what if you’re after something a little more exciting. Well PicLens can offer you a full-screen, 3D, visual solution to searching and browsing images and video.

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13.04.07

Jamie

Search and browser trends

In order to develop useful web applications it’s a good idea to analyse some stats to see what users are doing. If you love data…Have a read of these Hitwise stats Read the rest of this entry »