Freelance consultant for digital heritage

Month: May 2007

  • The Zooomr Soap Opera

    This last week, I’ve been following the ongoing launch of Zooomr, an up-and-coming photosharing website. The whole web application is programmed by just one man, Kristopher Tate, backed up by photographer Thomas Hawk. Kristopher is just 19 at the time of writing, and despite criticisms of “copying Flickr”, he has made a huge achievement with…

  • Google buys Feedburner

    According to TechCrunch, Google are in the final stages of acquiring Feedburner for $100 million. I use Feedburner for a lot of the blogs that I look after, and it’s a great service. I’m sure that their acquisition by Google will ensure that their service will be around for a long time to come. And…

  • Flickr Gossip

    Slideshows Flickr have just launched a new and improved version of their slideshows. They are now much bigger, and have lots of lovely features like transparent notes, adjustable speed, and the URLs are much nicer. Have a look at some nice photos of Stonehenge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/stonehenge/show/ Video As read on TechCrunch, Flickr might soon be adding…