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you don’t need to scale as big as facebook – really
Chris Sells posted this recently on twitter: Pingdom: Exploring the software behind Facebook, the world’s largest site. It’s a very interesting read. Some of the highlights: Facebook serves 570 billion page views per month (according to Google Ad Planner). There are more photos … Continue reading
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Paywalls – The Times starts charging
So, The Times (the UK one) has started charging for its content – the great paywall debate/debacle. To be honest, I dont blame them for doing this – someone has to pay for the content to be produced, and it … Continue reading
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buying music – there HAS to be a better way
Leonie and I headed up to the Camden Green Fair on sunday, which was lovely. Nice and warm, nice people, interesting stuff, great music, yummy food. We bought a couple of CD’s from some of the bands there (Ginger Ninjas … Continue reading
ipad? thanks, but no
I finally got my hands on an iPad for a little while, after fighting a few other people off them at the Regent St Apple Store. Now, I realise I’m not a normal user. Not in the slightest. We don’t have … Continue reading
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On The Telly – Offline iPhone client for BBC iPlayer
I’ve been playing with MonoTouch a bit of late, mostly as I wanted to learn CocoaTouch (the iPhone apis), but try and seperate myself from the language (Objective-C) vrs just how the API holds together. On The Telly is the … Continue reading
MonoTouch, TableViewControllers and SegmentedControl
I’ve been holding off blogging about MonoTouch recently (tho I’ve said a bit on twitter) – mostly because the “project” I’m “working” on (read: spare time, but exciting) is something I may not be able to legally release into the … Continue reading
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Windows Phone 7 Series: prediction
Now, I could be totally wrong here, however, but there is a very good chance this thing will kick arse. Why, you ask? Very simple. The application development model, having had a brief play with the CTP version, make XCode … Continue reading
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bbc homepage (re)launches
The BBC homepage, which I worked on from January until October last year, has finally gone public (well, beta). You can get to it one of two ways: either hit the current homepage and opt in to the new one … Continue reading
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working at home – 4 months on, what have I learned
So, it’s been 4 months since I left the BBC (and wow, looks like the Homepage is about to go live-beta). It’s been a bit of a learning curve/wall, especially some things which I wasn’t expecting. Here’s what I found. … Continue reading
Mac gear for sale
Quick note for anyone looking for a Macbook, or RAM. 06/03/2010: Mac is gone, RAM still available. Macbook, 13 inch, White late-2006 model. 2ghz Core2Duo; 4GB RAM (3.5GB usable); 250GB hard drive. All the rest of the bells and whistles … Continue reading