Open GMail today and you’ll see a different front page. Google regularly posts updates to the GMail service, including the current storage space offered, on the front page. Today, the front page introduces what is purported to be a new product: GMail Paper. GMail Paper, according to their April Fool’s joke page, is a free… Continue reading From Pigeon Rank to GMail Paper, you gotta love Google
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Watching The Codebreakers on my phone
I never got to watch the BBC documentary on free and open source software that first aired in May. I missed the first few airings because these were broadcast at crunch time in the newsroom, when I’m off chasing page deadlines. While browsing Google Videos for clips to watch in my phone during times when… Continue reading Watching The Codebreakers on my phone
The beautiful game, online
The World Cup opened last week and many football fans are losing sleep keeping up with the games. I know I am. Live matches aren’t available on my cable TV provider but another company is offering live World Cup matches for a one-time fee. What I watch at home are replays of the games broadcast… Continue reading The beautiful game, online
BBC releases blogging guidelines for employees
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has released a guideline for its employees who maintain weblogs or websites. The guidelines, which can be downloaded as a Word document here but I’ve also reprinted it below, are noteworthy in that the BBC accepts that employees who blog “discuss their BBC work in ways that benefit the BBC.”… Continue reading BBC releases blogging guidelines for employees