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@_TheBlackTree – Daily short stories on Twitter
As part of my New Years challenge to write something every day I’ve set up a Twitter account to post short stories. The first one is live today, with a new one posted everyday, so take a look at (and...
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Get a job – 10 tips to help you out
It’s tough to get a job at the best of times and in this economic climate things are made even harder – but this doesn’t mean its impossible. One of my friends is looking for a job and asked me to help...
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Google Reader alternative: Feedly
Recently, Google (in its infinite wisdom) announced it was closing Google Reader, its popular RSS feed reading service. This announcement was met with consternation by many as Google Reader was a...
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Read this: 25 ways to be a happy writer via @ChuckWendig
Just seen these tips on Chuck Wendig’s blog terribleminds.com and thought I’d share them. Read the full post here: terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/03/26/25-ways-to-be-a-happy-writer-or-at-least-happier/...
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{podcast} The Human Zoo – Groupthink
Another great episode of The Human Zoo to listen to here This week’s episode discusses why groupthink is prevalent in the decisions we make and how it could be a cause of some of the crises we’ve...
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Celebrate your successes
Everyone is so focussed on getting there that people rarely stop to appreciate it when they do. Take time to celebrate your successes, it’s what you’ve worked towards and you should take a moment to...
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Weekend reading – 29/03/2013
Here’s your weekly selection of picks from around the web. 5 Breathing Tools to Break Work Stress – Judy Martin: Huffington Post Shadow Sculptures: Illusions from Clumps of Junk – WebUrbanist The...
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[Podcast] Digital Human – BBC Radio 4
Aleks Krotoski (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Really looking forward to the new series of Digital Human on BBC Radio 4 (Monday 1st April – 4.30pm GMT). Presented by Aleks Krotoski this is a a great series...
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Three month progress update
So three months in and it seems like a good time to assess how I’m doing against the resolutions I made in January. Health I’ve been eating my 5 a day and have improved on the number of times I make my...
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[Amazing] Swiss scientists upgrade pigs
Just seen this story and thought I’d share it. Scientists at Frankenfurterplex-Geneva, Switzerland have recently completed a long running program of porcine genetic testing and modification. The...
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Glimpse of Barley the new content editor from Plain
I’ve been looking for a minimalist blog platform for an expansion of The Black Tree project (@_TheBlackTree). I have just come across Barley, a blogging platform currently being developed by the team...
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[Podcast] Human Zoo – Head or Heart?
This week’s episode looks at behavioural science and asks if influence on your behaviour is beneficial or if it leaves you open to exploitation. Ideas are dangerous so listen up! BBC Radio 4 Human Zoo...
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George Orwell on writing
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist...
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That was the dip
So I guess that was the dip! Everything was going swimmingly with the daily blogging challenge I’d set myself and I was developing some good habits. Then I picked up a virus for a couple of days and...
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What is Regex?
Regex definition Regex is an abbreviation of regular expression. A regular expression is a sequence of characters often used in coding or analytics to describe a pattern. Regex is used as a shorthand...
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Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors from Search Engine Land
Just seen this over on Search Engine Land and thought I’d share it. They’ve also made a PDF version of the chart and full descriptions available for download
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Evernote Reminder feature
Evernote has announced the launch of one of its most requested features – reminders. Initial impressions are that it looks well integrated and should make the application even more useful. Check out...
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Resource: Digital Marketing Transit Map
Just seen an interesting resource from Gartner and thought I’d share it. The Digital Marketing Transit Map shows the realtionship between the different digital channels and functions, helping you to...
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‘Pure Play’ definition
Pure play: A company that operates solely online E.g. Wiggly Wigglers is a pure play garden supply company (see http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk)
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New data sources added
Two new data sources added to the Data Sources and Data Sets page, great for UK business data. Department for Business Innovation & Skills - UK business data www.ons.gov.uk - Office for National...
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