Usability fail: 14 seconds to click on a link
View on screencast.com » via screencast.com Usability fail. 14 seconds to click on one link. Sure it looks nice, but it doesn’t bloody work!
Read MoreReason enough for Murdoch’s takeover of BSkyB to be blocked
There has been no mention of the many victims of hacking who have started legal actions against its parent company, News International. via guardian.co.uk This straight-to-the-point piece by Roy Greenslade shows just how obviously the Murdoch bias runs through News International. He promised The Times would remain balance when he bought that. Now he’s promising [...]
Read MoreNeat app idea: product-specific offer subscriptions nearby
Having recently run out of my beloved Strongbow (yes, I do appreciate real cider too, don’t worry) I wondered if any of the six supermarkets in Lichfield had an offer on a big box of 24 (my preffered way of buying the ‘bow). Wouldn’t it be nice to scan one into my phone and subscribe [...]
Read MoreRSS feeds for everything with WordPress
Did you know that WordPress provides tons of RSS feeds? Just plonk /feed onto the end of any WordPress URL and you’ll get a RSS feed! Here’s some examples… There’s the main posts RSS of course: http://journallocal.co.uk/feed …and the comments feed: http://journallocal.co.uk/comments/feed/ Then you have per-category or per-tag feeds like so; http://journallocal.co.uk/category/events/feed http://journallocal.co.uk/tag/hyperlocal/feed Put /feed on [...]
Read MoreBusiness: stop forgetting your Twitter handle!
Twice this weekend I’ve been into restaurants that have proudly displayed Twitter and Facebook logos on their menus. What they failed to do was to include their Twitter handle or Facebook URL leaving me guessing when leaving positive reviews for my folllowers. A missed opportunity for both.
Read MoreNational advertisers and hyperlocals could fit very well together but only if they both up their game
It may not be the most obvious fit but if national advertisers get smart they could potentially benefit from over 300 hundred highly targeted advertising environments, and if they want to become sustainable hyperlocals need to look to the likes of Sainsbury’s to help them achieve that. This is not new ground for me, if [...]
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