April 2011
2 posts
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“Some people prefer Campagnolo, others Shimano and then some more like SRAM....”
– My own personal take on the AV/FPTP referendum.
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Mercian: Restored →
I’m restoring a 1982 Mercian Olympic. Check out the progress if you’re into that kind of thing.
March 2011
1 post
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“1. Build WebApp
2. Start PhoneGap xCode project.
3. mv mywebapp/*...”
– From web to the lap of Steve Jobs. BenJam
February 2011
2 posts
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“1. If you can simplify it: simplify it.
2. If you can cache it: cache it.
3....”
– Rules for Developing Mobile App’s by BenJam
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January 2011
3 posts
“Forumger 1: I’ve lost my housemate’s cat whilst he was away on...”
– LFGSS ’The source for bike-related hilarity’
Trails →
I don’t normally do this but, this app is brilliant. It allows you to track, live your GPS location and save the route traversed back in a number of formats plus use someone else’s route as a track to follow. But the killer bit is: you can download all the mapping data (road, OS etc) beforehand on WiFi. Full of win for walkers/cyclers/drivers/skiers etc.
December 2010
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Voicemail →
So your mobile carrier doesn’t support Apple’s ‘game-changing’ visual voicemail service? no problem! Voicemail is exactly the same service using Ribbit to complement your carrier, furthermore you get voice transcription and email, Skype or chat notification! The app is free, it works online, offline and natively on your iOS, Android or Blackberry device. All you need is a...
November 2010
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Steve Jobs Can't Touch Me →
So I created a place to collect and publish mobile web-apps that run ‘natively’ in iOS etc. I challenged myself to release an app a day for a week and, do you know what? I did it (nearly). Check it out.
October 2010
4 posts
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About Me →
Everything you didn’t ever want to know about your least favourite, self-obessed colleague, friend or potential stalking target. Delete as appropriate.
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“It’s not a flaw unless you can do it better yourself.”
– Martin Budden
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whatthedock.com Colour-coded parking availability →
Those of yo that use the barclay bike hire scheme will have been there. Turn up to destination, find a docking station FULL… trundle to next docking station FULL… and so on. Whatthedock.com is here to help. Made for your mobile browser it’ll plot parking availability in your local area using your phones GPS or mast triangulation. Clever stuff!
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voice.gtd Take Control →
Use your voicemail or a custom number to leave yourself todos, notes or appointments them manage them online or offline (implementing HTML5 local storage) using voice.gtd.
September 2010
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Tampr.co.uk Crowdsourcing Coffee →
We all have needs. I’m a bit of a coffee snob and I like introducing people to my favourite coffee houses but sometimes I find myself in distant lands with not much to guide me. So Jon Robson and I set about creating tampr to record, discuss rate and be rated in the world of coffee.
August 2010
3 posts
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“The best gifts are the ones you can’t justify buying yourself.”
– Me
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“Me: “Are oranges called oranges because they are ‘orange,’ or...”
– Facebook | Robert Savage
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July 2010
9 posts
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“this is a photo of me with ie6: http://is.gd/dQPiq .. I’m the one on the...”
– PSD
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Buy A Camera « BenJam →
Another post I wrote a while back about selecting which camera to buy, again; a signpost for those who ask.
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Teach Yourself Photography « BenJam →
A post I wrote some time back which is a good starting point for people who ask me about photography.
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Design Fabulous →
Brilliant Design Blog
HTC 1 Design Prototype →
HTC H1, Yes Please
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Ribbit Conferencing on TiddlySpace
So you can pick up Ribbit Conferencing on TiddlySpace the new, server-side, share-inspired TiddlyWiki platform. Clone the ribbitconference.tiddlyspace.com space and you’ll have everything you need to bring up to twenty cohorts in to discuss your TiddlySpace content.
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The Web’s next big thing…. check out...
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Ribbit Voicemail To Go
A while back I created some TiddlyWiki plugins to grab your RIbbit for Mobile voicemail messages. Turns out it works quite well in TiddlySpace, the all new server side, share-inspired TiddlyWiki tool. Sign up at http://tiddlyspace.com and cone the http://ribbitvoicemail.tiddlyspace.com for everything you need.
June 2010
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Ribbit Conferencing in TiddlyWiki
Something I did before I left for my holiday was build a quick and very dirty Ribbit conferencing plugin for popular, atomic-scale, wiki platform TiddlyWiki to hold a conference for up to twenty participants. It imitates the Ribbit for Google Wave plugin written by Kevin Marks some time ago.
Example at http://rconference.tiddlyspot.com
Code at http://github.com/BenJam/tiddlywiki-plugins
May 2010
5 posts
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Apps for Good →
Kids and mobiles and business.
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Robin Ince's School for Gifted Children →
Robin Ince, Brian Cox, Marcus Brigstocke, Ben Goldacre, Evan Harris and Tim Minchin and numerous other intellectual hysterics. Absolutely amazing and thoroughly recommended for future get-togethers.
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HAML Sucks
Learnt HTML, learnt CSS and all of a sudden HAML/SASS come along and spoil your fun, particularly when you’re enjoying the server-side javascript combination of Sinatra-like express and stompingly fast node. So here’s how to get good old regular HMTL, JS and CSS served...
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isitshakeratotime.com →
So I made this little site as a homage to how good Fabio’s Shakerato is. You should go get some.
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Wordpress isn't working out...
I’ve had a wordpress blog for a long time, I don’t write there… it takes too long. So expect this part of the world to be short, sharp and to the point with more of a focus on technological tomfoolery than pontification.