Panopticlick says I’m 1 in 1,479,031 and I’m glad!
Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,479,031 tested so far. Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 20.5 bits of identifying information. via panopticlick.eff.org Wow, that’s very unique! I’m really chuffed. Now ad services can monitor what I look at online and serve up ads that [...]
Read MoreTrinity Mirror Editors Conference – 23/03/2011
Today I spoke to regional editors at Trinity Mirror about how they could work with hyper local sites. You can watch my presentation to them here and you can listen to me take you through it with this AudioBoo: Listen! Below are links to sites, quotes and articles mentioned in the presentation. I hope to [...]
Read MoreUsability fail: 14 seconds to click on a link
View on screencast.com » via screencast.com Usability fail. 14 seconds to click on one link. Sure it looks nice, but it doesn’t bloody work!
Read More6 hyperlocal networks in the UK that are showing the US how it should be done
In a very rare spate of blog posts this week I’ve been talking about hyperlocal networks. Now I want to talk about the UK-based hyperlocal networks that are leading the way. Guardian Local Most of you will probably know about this. Headed by Sarah Hartley, it is the Guardian’s experimental exploration into different forms of [...]
Read MoreA deconstruction of how TBD and Patch do hyperlocal
Yesterday I said that hyperlocals must find the network if they are to be sustainable. Today I want to take you through networks like Patch and TBD.com. TBD Upon visiting TBD.com it’s hard to see how it even is hyperlocal. Under the logo we see the tagline “All over Washington” but its’s hard to see [...]
Read MoreReason enough for Murdoch’s takeover of BSkyB to be blocked
There has been no mention of the many victims of hacking who have started legal actions against its parent company, News International. via guardian.co.uk This straight-to-the-point piece by Roy Greenslade shows just how obviously the Murdoch bias runs through News International. He promised The Times would remain balance when he bought that. Now he’s promising [...]
Read MoreHow hyperlocal sustainability is only possible with the network; how we’re doing that in Lichfield and with Journal Local
Networks of niches underpinned by local partnerships are, in my opinion, the way forward. What do I mean by that? A burning issue for any independent hyperlocal at the moment is sustainability including paying costs (hosting, travel, equipment etc), sourcing content, producing content, organising contributors, handling (& learning) technology. There’s a lot to consider. So [...]
Read MoreFive ways to make a difference with data – a round up of #madwdwm
As part of the Making a difference with data project I was asked to run an ‘unworkshop’ for the West Midlands which pulled together hyperlocal site owners, local government folk and data geeks. Thanks to Nick Booth‘s generosity we had a suitable venue where we could gather. We had 16 people altogether and a good mix of backgrounds. It was [...]
Read MoreNeat app idea: product-specific offer subscriptions nearby
Having recently run out of my beloved Strongbow (yes, I do appreciate real cider too, don’t worry) I wondered if any of the six supermarkets in Lichfield had an offer on a big box of 24 (my preffered way of buying the ‘bow). Wouldn’t it be nice to scan one into my phone and subscribe [...]
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