This weekend I decided to solve a problem that only existed in my head, namely that of no official (or unofficial) Stackoverflow iPhone App.
There have been some questions raised about the possibilities of an API to allow such an App but, alas no noticeable development effort.
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Below is the definitive list of sites within the Matters Network. Launched 12 months ago we’ve have mixed success and learn a lot about community building.
Although the core concepts of the Matters Network have not changed, localised sites for; groups, charities, clubs, events etc. The execution had a radical rethink. The entire team will be blogging, speaking and evangelising much more over the next few months, but I wanted to open the network to a public beta.
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I’ve cloned this blog and started a bastard-child-hybrid.
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Ever since we set up The Matters Network, we’ve been trying to find new ways to bring local content to out thousands of users. So at the end of 2008 we set up the Matters News Network, the aim was to distill the gigabytes of local data we produce each day and distribute it in the most convenient way (for us and our users).
I’ve had this idea for a few weeks and I finally want to move it forward or forget it.
In a nut shell Prior Art will be a podcast (weekly or bi-monthly to start) that will discuss ideas and inventions sent in by listeners. The stated invention is to enter into the public domain ideas and systems before large corporations and patent trolls can patent them.
As part of my Prior Art project I am publishing these Twitter syntax ideas I would like to see implemented.
We all know the standard Twitter syntax elements (#, @, d), these are documented below. Please leave comments and your own ideas (and correct my mistakes).
Local news just got that little easier to find on Twitter. The micro-blogging site has exploded over the last 2 months and with it a seemingly inexhaustible supply of information.
Below is a list of local news services on Twitter… enjoy.
There are going to be a lot of out of work developers in 2009, all these idle man-months could be put to good use if companies opened up a little. Some of these developments could help drive the economy out of the downturn. (more…)
Giftcast was created to help people pass on the gift of entertainment to their friends, family and colleagues.
Passwords are the necessary evil of modern day computing. Just try and think how many passwords your have; Hotmail, Facebook, Amazon, Blackberry PIN, ATM PIN… the list goes on and on.