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Husband, Father, coffee addict, Scifi and Electronica fan, UNIX and Mac user and in my day job I'm Director of the Places Registry for Nokia.-
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- Steve Krause on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: Love the Plugin Gary! Using it at my site –...
- Gary on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: A quick question on plugins for author images vs. avatars. I think...
- Gary on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: Hi Rory, Looks like you’re using the TwentyEleven theme; this...
- Rory on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: hi Gary, one further question … how can i get rid of the...
- Gary on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: Hi Rory, The contact details need to be added to your user profile;...
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- John’s Weblog on The Non Golden Rules of Geo: Gary Gale has reproduced the original blog entry here. Categories: Semantic...
- edparsons.com on A smartphone without location is just not smart !: Gary at www.vicchi.org and Peter at geothought.blogspot.com offer a more nuanced...
- Gary's Bloggage -- Topsy.com on Tweets that mention Adding Windows Phone 7 Support To WordPress...: This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gary Gale, buybestultd,...
- Gary's Bloggage -- Topsy.com on Tweets that mention Putting The Tube On The Grid; A Geeked Out...: This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gary Gale, Karen Leech. Karen...
- de.straba.us on WhereCamp EU 2011 – The Geo Unconference For Europe: Gale, con il post “Ich Bin Geograph” – WhereCamp EU Is Coming To...
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This is my personal blog not a corporate one; see the whole disclaimer here.Taggage
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- I'm not being a wimp but it's -7 and feels like -11. OK, I am being a wimp but even Reykjavik didn't feel this cold at this time of year. about 19 hours ago from web
- It. Is. Cold. (@ Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) w/ @bunterberg) http://t.co/R8WCWtrY 08:50:53 AM February 07, 2012 from foursquare
- WP Biographia (http://t.co/kCYCjgx7) is getting i18n; Spanish and Turkish are already in the works. Get in touch if you'd like to help. 03:09:42 AM February 07, 2012 from web
- @SalPavone Check out FAQ # 5 on http://t.co/BojfSpBe; the bio information goes in your user profile settings (Dashboard/Users/Your Profile) 03:04:57 AM February 07, 2012 from web in reply to SalPavone
- Heading to Berlin this morning and then to Düsseldorf; packing my thermals after looking at the weather forecast. Brrrr. 03:01:27 AM February 07, 2012 from TweetDeck
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Tag Archives: hyperlocal
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Apr 10
Apr 10
The Letter W and Hype (or Local) at the Location Business Summit
Each time I give my Hyperlocal or Hype (and Local) talk it morphs slightly and becomes more scathing of the term hyperlocal. I started to write the talk for Where 2.0 in San Jose earlier this year and approached it … Continue reading
Posted in Journal
Tagged amsterdam, geobabel, geotagged, hype, hyperlocal, location, netherlands
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Apr 10
Apr 10
The 3 W’s of Geo (and hyperlocal deities and a pachyderm)
Earlier this week, Jeremy Morley from the Centre for Geospatial Research at the University of Nottingham and Muki Haklay at University College London got in touch with me. The GIS Research UK Conference was in full swing, and OpenStreetMap founder … Continue reading
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Apr 10
Apr 10
Where 2.0 – Hype (or Local?)
Sometimes writing a talk and putting together an accompanying slide deck is an education in itself. You set out with a point you want to make and in researching the evidence to back up your assertions you find out that … Continue reading
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Mar 10
Mar 10
The Long Tail; Hyperlocal or Just Hype?
I’m currently on my way to California, the Yahoo! mothership in Sunnyvale and the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose, where I’ll be talking about Ubiquitous Location, The New Frontier and Hyperlocal Nirvana on Wednesday, March 31st. From doing some background … Continue reading
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Feb 10
Feb 10
Location is a Key Context, But Most People Don’t Know This
Like a lot of people, I get most of the information I use, both personally and professionally, from the web; from RSS feeds, from keyword search alerts and from Twitter. The genesis of my recent Theory of Stuff slowly accumulated out of … Continue reading
Posted in Journal
Tagged audience, context, echoecho, engagement, foursquare, geotagged, gowalla, hyperlocal, local, location, streetview, stuff, sunnyvale, theory, yahoo
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