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Entries from November 2008

Tweeting? I just don’t get it

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Russell Beattie says he doesn’t get “retweeting”.
Danrimon says:
“beside the fact that my followers deserve to hear something i heard from another twitt. there is the social balance of twitter. by me re twitting someone else i am honoring him, and im spreading his name further, because all my followers will know who brought this link, […]

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Tags: Technology

First impressions of Twitter

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

So, after reading Shoemoney extorting the massive traffic he gets to his blog from Twitter (does he need it?), I decided to finally buckle and give it a try. My first impression of Twitter?

At least I got 10 minutes of use before I saw the infamous “fail whale”.
I’ve tried really hard to think of something […]

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Tags: Technology · Web dev

Banks and Debt: Current State of Play

November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Our government is doing what it does best: farming off national interests to privately run enterprises. The new “UK Financial Investments Limited” company formed by the Treasury to look after the interests of the Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Lloyds TSB will be headed by Sir Philip Hampton, the former finance director of, er, […]

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Tags: Economics · Politics