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Hooray! Google Calendar! (you made my day)


What a great way to wrap up a four day week (is it just me, or do the short weeks sometimes feel the longest!). Out of nowhere, say hello to Google Calendar.
Even better, it’s a pleasure to use. It does everything I want it to. It’s integrated with Gmail.
I’m in love. And, I hope to [...]

Platial - mashup with meaning


Have you had a chance to check out Platial yet?
It’s a big call, but I think this is possible my favourite Google Maps mashup to date.
Platial allows you to create your own maps using the Google Map interface, as well as add to other people’s maps. You can map *anything* you like. So, because it’s [...]

Hooray! Google Calendar!


Generally I try to avoid blogging about what the rest of the world is blogging, and right now that’s the leaking of the Google Calendar screenshots via Michael Arrington at TechCrunch. Michael says that someone ‘broke down and leaked these’. ValleyWag tells a much more interesting version of the story (but then, that’s their job).
All [...]

how do I love pixoh? Let me count the ways….


I love pixoh because when I got my new laptop I lost my installation of Photoshop and I wanted something else that I could use… but cheaper
I love pixoh because I was far from a power user of Photoshop anyway. 95% of the time I just used it to optimise images for the web. Guess [...]