Hitchin may be a small town in Hertfordshire but it prides itself on being historically linked as an old market town oozing with ancient cultures and famous people. The Hitchin.net web site states that: Although now best known for it’s weekly market Hitchin’s history stretches far back in time. The earliest part of Hitchin’s history [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Geolocation, geolocation, geolocation
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Everyone is beginning to jump onboard the ‘Geolocation’ bandwagon now. This obviously says a lot for where the future of any web service is heading. TechCrunch tonight reported no less than 5 major companies switching on their radars for locations based services. Starting with a fantastic piece of news that Google is redifining their maps [...]
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Everyone is beginning to jump onboard the ‘Geolocation’ bandwagon now. This obviously says a lot for where the future of any web service is heading. TechCrunch tonight reported no less than 5 major companies switching on their radars for locations based services. Starting with a fantastic piece of news that Google is redifining their maps [...]
We’re still backwards in Europe!
Monday, October 19th, 2009
When Rumsfeld called Europeans backward during those years of the war build up in Iraq, he may not have been totally wrong. At the time he was referring to our rather sluggish ways at progress and our lazy approach to get the job done… in fact, everything opposite to how Americans behave. Of course, there’s [...]
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When Rumsfeld called Europeans backward during those years of the war build up in Iraq, he may not have been totally wrong. At the time he was referring to our rather sluggish ways at progress and our lazy approach to get the job done… in fact, everything opposite to how Americans behave. Of course, there’s [...]
OpenSteetMap Vs Google StreetWise
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
OpenStreetMap may not wield a big stick like Google but it certainly knows how to mobilise its user-base. Furthermore, if not already obvious,OpenStreetMap definitely isn’t as ‘sexy’ as Streetwise but they have probably secured their biggest round of support so far in the form of the city of Atlanta in the US. A BBC article [...]
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OpenStreetMap may not wield a big stick like Google but it certainly knows how to mobilise its user-base. Furthermore, if not already obvious,OpenStreetMap definitely isn’t as ‘sexy’ as Streetwise but they have probably secured their biggest round of support so far in the form of the city of Atlanta in the US. A BBC article [...]
Optimizing hotel videos
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Video guides when done right with rich content will eventually rise to the top of search engine lists. As the saying goes: Content is King. Slowly but surely our video guides are beginning to see positive results on Google’s search engine. Having discussed this subject a few times before, such as here, here and here, [...]
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Video guides when done right with rich content will eventually rise to the top of search engine lists. As the saying goes: Content is King. Slowly but surely our video guides are beginning to see positive results on Google’s search engine. Having discussed this subject a few times before, such as here, here and here, [...]
Is Open Learning going Wiki?
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
The well reputed method of education at a distance may be seeing the humble beginnings of a wiki-style system. Is this the end of traditional education as we know it? An article in the Times deals with a new trend that was spotted by a would-be student searching for alternative methods to gaining a degree. [...]
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The well reputed method of education at a distance may be seeing the humble beginnings of a wiki-style system. Is this the end of traditional education as we know it? An article in the Times deals with a new trend that was spotted by a would-be student searching for alternative methods to gaining a degree. [...]
Valuable art work abused for fun
Monday, October 5th, 2009
In a great article the Onion has published a story about the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York letting customers paw, scratch and poke at a selection of its very valuable and prestigious paintings. Here’s fabulous “quote”: Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker who lives near the Met, said he had never much cared for [...]
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In a great article the Onion has published a story about the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York letting customers paw, scratch and poke at a selection of its very valuable and prestigious paintings. Here’s fabulous “quote”: Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker who lives near the Met, said he had never much cared for [...]
AR gets lift by Vodafone
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
As a continuation of our post Augmented Reality need GEO partnerships another little news article on AR just came to light, albeit last week. We’re not really behind, just lazy… A little unknown company – until now that is – claimed top spot at the Vodafone Mobile Clicks start-up challenge grabbing €75,000 into the bargain. [...]
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As a continuation of our post Augmented Reality need GEO partnerships another little news article on AR just came to light, albeit last week. We’re not really behind, just lazy… A little unknown company – until now that is – claimed top spot at the Vodafone Mobile Clicks start-up challenge grabbing €75,000 into the bargain. [...]