community - click here >>I’m loving Kickstarter, and yet, have only really been aware of it since last year. It’s been a around a little longer - Kickstarter was founded in April 2009 by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler and is probably the best example of crowd sourced funding on the web. What is Kickstarter? Kickstarter is a [...]
Get a pocket computer, try to do what you used to do, yeah
These prophetic words come from Blondie’s 1978 Parallel Lines album (one of the all-time great albums by the way – if you haven’t got it then shame on you). In fact the preceding lines are just as prescient: Picture this, my telephone number One and one is what I’m telling you Get a pocket computer [...]
New year, new toys, new danger?
2012 is off to a blistering start in Internet-land, to say the least… From Wikipedia turning the lights out on their service for a day last week to protest against SOPA (the U.S. “Stop Online Piracy Act” that was widely feared to threaten freedom of speech, and to make censorship online without due process a [...]
KC Lightstream
So, it’s arrived. KC Lightstream is here and being totally honest, it looks amazing. How about up to 100Mbps?! Kevin Walsh, the Chief Executive from KC announced: Our fibre deployment is the start of something special that local people can feel proud of. At its heart it’s an investment in the future of Hull and [...]
TEDx Hull
This is terrific news and looks like to be a superb event. It’s being organised by John Royle who has done a great job of getting together the speakers (check them out here). The first ever TEDxHull event will be held at the Hull Truck Theatre with the themeBeyond Limits. Take a look at our amazing [...]
Loving Vaultpress
Belt and braces is a term used for many things. Personally, when it comes to backing up websites, your computer, your files, media and memories, belt and braces and then some is what I’ve learnt to focus on. It’s a little similar to this… Question: What’s the best camera in the world? Answer: The one [...]