Alex Barnett's blog

Well, I'm not at Tech-Ed today, because I'm not in the US of A...but in the good old UK of E(urope), which is quite a bit closer to Amsterdam than San Diego...so if Amsterdam doesn't sound like too much of drag for you (apparently there is a rich history...

I tried out the new Pluck RSS reader for IE...at first I was excited - new, nice and juicy interface, smart features...you know the feeling... As soon as the install completed you could tell it had pedigree - (Via: Chris Pirillo /Lockergnome ): “Pluck...

Have updated the Email v RSS matrix today to incorporate Jacob Nielsen's </gulp>, Stuart Watson's and EricShceid 's input. Thanks to Steve Rubel & Scobleizer for picking this up originally...(also had a request to have this chart included in...

Brilliant and self-referential. A single page on Jacob Nielsen's Useit.com site endures a thorough usability, design, copy, creative & technical review ... Via Theil <thanks!>

Via Datagridgirl Good to see ' efficacy ' made the cut in Tech-Ed Bingo .

Nice idea...Via BBC : "The charity is backing the Big Noise Music website , which launches on Wednesday and will offer 300,000 songs to download. " "We love a big noise! Rock on!" The Darkness "Paying to download from BigNoiseMusic.com seems like...

Have you come across any figures/evidence around how many users are unsubscribing/switching from email to RSS/atom feeds? If so, please let me know! Thanks.

Great idea from Datagridgirl : Why not have Billg and Steveb's speech pages RSS'd? (I've put in a request internally...consider these speeches as super-blogs...!)

(via Scott and Tim ) "This month’s article describes how a common presentation framework—including XML-based design templates, centralized control of common user interface (UI) elements, and a custom Web handler and rendering engine built...

Since my earlier post on RSS in relation to email marketing, I've come across many related articles...I thought I'd point to some of these...bottom line is that Email as a sales driver has had dramatic success over the years...the debate should move away...

BBC picks up on Bill Gate's reference to blogging and RSS at the Microsoft CEO Summit. A full transcript of the speech is here .

or a bendy Smartphone.

Heard a phrase new to me this week... ''the early bird might catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese'' . Also heard other some 'interesting' phraseology (I should point out that I did not hear the following nuggets in a silicon-chip...

Quick update on this . I sent a mail to banned@slashdot.org on Thursday asking to be 'unbanned'. No reply yet but the ban does seem to have been lifted...I'm getting the feed now. Note to Nick Bradbury of FeedDemon: Agree my orginal posting title...

Best thing I've seen on the net for a while - Map24 won the 'Technical Achievement' category in the Webby Awards 2004 ....if you haven't played, then play: Map24: US version - UK version - Belgian version - German version - Danish version - Dutch version...

I’m delighted to announce that we have launched the new Microsoft UK homepage . 98% of visitors to our UK website view the UK homepage. This new homepage is a step in enabling and encouraging customers to manage their relationship with Microsoft...

"Your RSS reader is abusing the Slashdot server. You are requesting pages more often than our terms of service allow. Please see the FAQ link for more information" I'm apparently nailing the Slashdot servers with my RSS reader requests to the point...

BBC reports that an 18 year old from Germany has confessed to writing the Sasser worm. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3695857.stm

via Lockergnome , get your Microsoft Security Bulletins via RSS .

via Smartmobs: "Intel's Urban Atmospheres research group released Jabberwocky , an intriguing mobile phone application designed to help people visualize, explore and play with their encounters with groups of strangers in day-to-day urban life." ...

Article at Fast Company, 'It's A Blog World After All' mentioning our very own Robert Scoble .

Ok, here goes. As per Philo's suggestion: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. "If paradoxes could pop up so easily in...

"...a new awareness of digital artistry is emerging, thanks to research by cognitive scientists that shows the extent to which aesthetically rich experiences enhance our mental faculties. Eye candy turns out to be nutritious after all." Good article...

From BBC "The University Leisure and Lifestyle Manager, (ULL), is software that will work on a smartphone or handheld computer....The team won the competition after a three-day codeathon. They will travel to Brazil in the summer to represent the UK...

And he hasn't Finnished yet...