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Getting in touch with the fans

I love seeing how different niche sites have grown, adopted a particular segment of target customers on the web and elevated them to a new level. You can see this happening in a number of different industries: doctors, architects, even dog-walkers. It’s been a long… Read more »

The beauty of mashups

I was playing with Nestoria and was blown away by the smoothness of their application (you can’t really call it a website, as it’s so much more), and how well the integration with? other third party sites works. Let us say, you want to buy… Read more »

Love FaceBook? What about your privacy?

My friend Legal Andrew has just put together a brilliant post after taking some time to study FaceBook‘s Terms of Service. He maintains that your data on FaceBook isn’t private and also points out a number of terms that everyone should be aware of when… Read more »

Plan your perfect trip

What do you get if you cross a travel site and a social networking site?RealTravel is the answer. It’s a travel site which encourages it’s viewers to submit blog entries about their travels, what they enjoyed and what they hated and their recommendations for other… Read more »

Publishing your books online

Here’s an interesting site that Carlo pointed me towards. It’s an online eBook publishing platform called scribd and is targeted towards online users who want to publish, share and exchange their work, whether it be e-books, documents, presentations, photo albums or anything else that can… Read more »

Send it in the post

I sometimes wonder how the Internet has affected postal services. There’s no doubt that email has contributed to a decline in the number of letters sent by mail. However, I’m sure that the number of packages sent due to purchases on eBay and e-commerce sites… Read more »

Are you on FaceBook?

I’m starting to get hooked on FaceBook. I’m away on holiday at the moment, and I keep wanting to log in to see what’s happened. I’ve just got myself an internet connection and I want to go there now, but I thought I’d pop something… Read more »