Posted Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 by
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I’ve hacked together dotUdotMe, a bookmarklet that swaps pages from .com to .co.uk, or .anything to .somethingelse. I find it’s helpful for switching from amazon.com to amazon.co.uk without having to go to the address bar and edit part of the URL.
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Posted Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 by
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Three scientists have confirmed a suspicion many of us have had for years: information can be negative. If I give you negative information, you’ll know less. So pick your words carefully!
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Posted Thursday, June 30th, 2005 by
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It’s worth spending the time on writing punchy and informative titles for web pages.
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Posted Monday, June 20th, 2005 by
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Here are some brief notes from my talk at the NCVO PR Forum.
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Posted Monday, June 6th, 2005 by
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Streetmap is a simple UK streetmap search extension for Firefox. Just highlight a UK street name or postcode and right-click to launch a map of it from your favourite map service. 0.92 ensures compatibility with Firefox 1.1.
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Posted Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 by
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I’m running a morning workshop at the NCVO PR Conference called Getting The Most From Your Website.
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Posted Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 by
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Streetmap is a simple UK streetmap search extension for Firefox. Just highlight a UK street name or postcode and right-click to launch a map of it from your favourite map service. 0.91 fixes a malformed RDF file. Version 1 (coming soon) will add the Google Maps service.
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Posted Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 by
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This classic book is dedicated to Dr Onions. Onions was the original editor of the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. Allegedly, the book’s authority gave rise to the phrase, “knowing one’s onions”.
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Posted Sunday, April 24th, 2005 by
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I love a good argument about punctuation. However, there are times when people just won’t accept that I am correct. This book is for those times one needs to set others right. I suppose, if it was really necessary, one could even use it as reference oneself.
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Posted Sunday, April 24th, 2005 by
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Whether or not you agree with its politics, I don’t think you can fault the writing style of The Economist for clarity and precision. A reporter there told me that it took him five years before he wrote an item that didn’t need extensive subbing.
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