Tag Archives: Facebook

Free creates social noise

Posted on 22 Jun 2009 by Callum

The proliferation of “free” is creating a society in which we are exposed to ever more content. It may seem at a macro level like just more crap on YouTube, but at a micro level it’s more crap our friends … Continue reading →

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Magic pidgins

Posted on 26 Aug 2008 by Callum

Pidgin is my instant messaging client of choice. It means my MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo, ICQ and other contacts are all in one place. Today I have taken that to the next level with three new plugins. Skype Pidgin Plugin I … Continue reading →

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Facebook is turning into MySpace

Posted on 04 Mar 2008 by Callum

My biggest complaint with MySpace is, the profile pages get out of hand. They become outrageously long with vast numbers of images, videos and other junk. Facebook by comparison has always been cleaner, simpler and lighter. MySpace profiles take forever … Continue reading →

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Cape Town Facebook Developers Garage

Posted on 13 Feb 2008 by Callum

I was at the Cape Town Facebook Developers Garage last night. I have the badge to prove it! It was an interesting evening. Pizza was generously provided by Butler’s Pizza. If I’m not mistaken their delivery staff arrive wearing a … Continue reading →

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Affiliate Revenue Sharing

Posted on 23 Aug 2007 by Callum

A friend recently told me about rakeback poker sites. When you play poker, you pay a small fee to the casino for the use of the table, this is called a rake. If I introduce you to Poker Website X, … Continue reading →

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Notorious nobodies – Times Online

Posted on 31 Jul 2007 by Callum

Andrew Chant sent me a link to an article Notorious nobodies at the Times Online. It’s a great piece about Web  2.0 and how the user generated content revolution is changing the world. Well worth the read I thought.

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