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21
Dec 10

The Delicious Debacle And My Dependence On The Cloud

Posted on 21st December 2010 by Gary

About 6 months ago, when I announced that after 4 years I was leaving Yahoo! to join Nokia I wrote … So whilst I’m going to Nokia, I’ll continue to use my core set of Yahoo! products, tools and APIs … Continue reading →

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03
Mar 10

Reclaim and Own Your Short URLs

Posted on 3rd March 2010 by Gary

There are many reasons to like the use of URL shorteners such as bit.ly and tinyurl.com. These free services take a long URL such as this post – http://www.vicchi.org/2010/03/03/reclaim-and-own-your-short-urls – and compresses them down to a much more manageable shorterned … Continue reading →

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02
Feb 10

On The Matter of Blog Comments

Posted on 2nd February 2010 by Gary

After last week’s comments troll spat I decided to i) lighten up and ii) take a leaf out of the book of an author and blogger I deeply respect. So, inspired by a post on John Scalzi’s Whatever, I offer up a … Continue reading →

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29
Jan 10

No Comment?

Posted on 29th January 2010 by Gary

Why do we blog? It’s a gross simplification but I think the reasons are three-fold. Firstly when you write a blog post you have something to say, you need to find the right words and write them down, albeit virtually. … Continue reading →

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