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February 2007

February 22, 2007

Outlook 2007 - A User-Friendly Interface To RSS?

February 22, 2007

I recently suggested that services, such as R-info, which provide an email delivery service for RSS feeds could be a useful way of maximising access for users who are not comfortable using a dedicated RSS reader. However having noticed Michael Webb’s posting on Outlook 2007 - the killer RSS application? perhaps the much-needed simple interface will become more widely ...

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February 23, 2007

UK Universities On MySpace

February 23, 2007

Andy Powell alerted me to Warwick University’s presence on MySpace. Is this a first for Warwick University or are other universities also doing this? Is this a sensible way of reaching out to potential students? Should universities be pro-active in doing this? Doesn’t it break all sorts of established guidelines such as Web accessibility, design principles, use of corporate logos and ...

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February 26, 2007

A Blog Plugins Used Page Would Be Useful

February 26, 2007

I recently came across the Net 2.0 blog (through the recently launched Explode social networking tool). This Wordpress blog contains a page giving details of the plugins used on the blog. This approach has parallels with my blog experiments; my approach has been to provide a description of the reasons for the experiments and the pros and cons ...

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Green IT: Meeting the Environmental Challenge

February 26, 2007

UCISA have just announced that bookings are now open for the Managers Forum on “Green IT: Meeting the environmental challenge“. This event will be held at Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel on 1st May 2007. The details of the event are given below: With the prospect of climate change, environmental issues have moved to the top of the ...

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February 27, 2007

Web 2.0: What Can It Offer the Research Community?

February 27, 2007

Web 2.0: What Can It Offer the Research Community? is the title of a talk I’m giving at on Wednesday 7th March 2007. Normally I might make an announcement about the availability of a presentation after the event. However I’m increasingly realising the advantages of getting others involved in the early stages of prepearing talks. ...

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February 28, 2007

Instant Messaging Interface To Applications

February 28, 2007

Back in the days when WAP was exciting (hmm, did I really write that? Let me start again). Back in the days when some people thought that WAP would provide widespread access to mobile phone users I can remember thinking that what was needed (especially for non-native text messaging users like myself - who make use of semi-colons ...

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