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Jan 21
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Twitter, windows phone 7, wp7, zune
This was posted to Twitter after my comment in the last All About Windows Phone Insight podcast
@davidgilson‘s comment on drag-and-drop vs Zune is epic “The whole idea of a desktop suite being less geeky than drag n drop is utter tosh!”
— Alvin Wong (@alv1nW) January 21, 2012
Sep 13
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journalism
I'm on Blottr
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I’ve been posting stories on yet another site, namely Blottr.
In short, Blottr is like the Wikpedia of news, anyone can contribute and edit news stories. It was launched in September 2010 and founded by Adam Baker. Blottr covers local news (UK cities: Bristol, Birmingham, London, Leeds, Edinburgh and Manchester, but it’s soon to be rolled out across key parts of Europe too). It also covers politics, sports, business; and technology, which is where I come in. Blottr recently appointed three new columnists, of which I’m one - you can read about them and Blottr here.
I have a bi-weekly column where I give commentary and insight on the latest technology news, and review the tools that can make your life better. If you head over to my profile page, you can see all my stories and even subscribe to them by email. I’m listing articles on my publications page too.
I’m really interested to see where citizen journalism goes, and I’m excited to be involved. The obvious advantage is that people on the street reporting from a mobile application can break stories that mainstream media either couldn’t or wouldn’t. The obvious question over citizen journalism is quality of information, but I think there are two aspects that compensate for this. If someone reports as an eye-witness, then that information can be taken as fairly accurate. Furthermore, consider the collaborative aspect of Blottr. Just as with Wikipedia, the ‘knowledge of crowds’ takes over, with public correcting the facts. The more people who participate, the better things will be.
May 12
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benefits, cfs, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, disability, health, me, Myalgic Encephalopathy, Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome, pvfs, welfare
It's ME/CFS Awareness Day!
May is the official awareness month for Myalgic Encephalopathy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and May 12th (today) is the international awareness day. ME/CFS is a debilitating condition that I have suffered with since 2002. I don’t make any secret of my condition, but I don’t spend much time writing on the subject either. Therefore, it seems like a good time to join in with my fellow sufferers and tell you all about it. As well as describing what it feels like, I will also tell you how both the government and the media have made sufferers feel like malingerers.
Without further ado, here is my ME/CFS story …
Apr 30
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amazon, donation, flattr, freelance, gift, paypal, tip, writing
Looking for tips and donations
If you regularly visit this blog you’ll know that I’ve been changing a few things lately. The changes concern trying to generate a little bit of income from my blog, which I’ve always kept as a non-commercial site for a very long time.
You may also know that I suffer from a debilitating condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which puts huge limits on how I can support myself. It’s a poor name to discribe what the condition is really like. I recently read, calling it “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” is like calling Emphysema “Chronic Coughing Syndrome”.
Feb 10
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linux, meego, nokia, qt, symbian
In the interest of keeping track of what I’m doing elsewhere on-line, I’ve just updated my publications page with this list of articles I’ve written since my last update:
Latest Publications
David Gilson 2013
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