Experiences, learnings & views based on the UK digital publishing industry

• Spent most of today and yesterday performing emergency DIY work. Thankfully managed to still grab 5 hours in the sun. #
• @rhysmwilliamsI hear rice works best. Leave it in a bag overnight and it should draw out of the water. #
• Messing around with the new paid Times website. Very clean but they'll need to do something special to make it worth £2 a week. #
• Video not working on the new Times paid site when accessed via the iPad. hmmm. #
• Spent the night playing with an iPad. Girlfriend not impressed. #
• The new iPlayer beta is pretty cool – http://bit.ly/bqY5FK #
• @dave_ross I'm now hooked on Angry Birds HD in reply to dave_ross #
• http://twitpic.com/1s4n8d something very wrong with this! #
• @DavorGoldie for good themes check out Rockettheme in reply to DavorGoldie #

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• Gave 300 – BLU-RAY Version 4.0 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCF2TQ #
• Just got back from the Google head office. Driven the there and back in a new Toyota Prius. There are some crappy drivers in London…. #
• @DavorGoldie Can you recommend any decent posh hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh? Looking at a 3/4 day break. #
• Newzbin now shut :( – http://bit.ly/ambeK4 #
• RT @Techmeme: Google To Launch Amazon S3 Competitor 'Google Storage' At I/O (@jasonkincaid / TechCrunch) http://techme.me/=ZFj #
• @DavorGoldie towards the end of June I think. Thanks for your help! in reply to DavorGoldie #
• Google IO keynote being streamed live in 720p looks amazing – http://bit.ly/bIhaZF #
• Great job by Google for developing the new font directory – http://bit.ly/9CUByJ #
• Are we going to see a new Google TV product release tomorrow? – http://tcrn.ch/cOYNZS #
• http://open.spotify.com/user/nickflood/playlist/0PIl2dNOgMeIbOvieT34HC Spotify playlist: Recent loved tunes #
• @austinh7 it's very cool. I'm going to have a mess around and see if I can amend my WordPress install with these. in reply to austinh7 #
• Haymarket partner launches new What Car? website in Estonia http://bit.ly/aihazN – Full press release – http://bit.ly/b9OGrc #
• RT @Haymarket_Media: Haymarket partner launches What Car? online in Estonia http://bit.ly/dqyITG #magazines #
• @dave_ross £400 for a 4TB NAS drive is a steal! in reply to dave_ross #
• Anyone want a job in media sales at Haymarket consumer or business media? Contact me. #
• Very excited about Android 2.2 http://bit.ly/d0JEsY) and Google TV – http://bit.ly/c7OfoS) #
• Had to have the roof down today. This weather makes owning a convertible a pleasure. #
• Anyone know when people in the UK will get Android 2.2? #
• @tobestobs Any idea when Nexus One's in the UK will get the new Android update? in reply to tobestobs #
• Gave In The Loop – BLU-RAY Version 3 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCIgAw #

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• Gave Flood 1.5 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCFvyU #
• Gave My Sister's Keeper 3.0 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCHrWw #
• Gave Terminator – Salvation – BLU-RAY Version 3.5 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCIpG8 #
• Off to Hamburg shortly, very much hoping for a Fulham win! #
• Just installed Steam on the Mac. Feels strange….. #

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• What's the best ROM manager for Android phones? Keen to play some snes classics. #
• Kill Bill 2 starting now: ) #
• Good to see that M&S have rolled out a new range of World Cup themed sandwiches . The rest are so boring now! #
• "The Conservatives have bought space on the front page of YouTube for the whole of polling day." How much did it cost? http://bit.ly/bXwAKQ #
• RT @catturner the @Conservatives have bought front page ads on YouTube for tomorrow. FYI that costs £50,000. Google tried to sell it to us.. #

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• @SandipRay Good find, I've been looking for something like this for ages. in reply to SandipRay #
• At Internet World at Earls Court. #
• Best gaffe of the election so far – http://bit.ly/aW6cBX #
• RT @AlanCarr: Thats why im not prime minister i wouldnt have said 'bigotted woman' i would have said 'Did you see her roots?' #
• Great comment on the Sky News website on the Gordon Brown gaffe story "Sue found by side of road" #
• Martin Clunes is outside our office filming. #
• Just been playing with the iPad. Great device & amazing applications. Slightly heavy though, I'll wait for the next version with a camera. #
• @whatcar badly :) in reply to whatcar #
• Well done Fulham! #
• Very clever use of augmented reality in Amsterdam – http://bit.ly/dcMXfg #

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• Gave Law Abiding Citizen – BLU-RAY Version 4.0 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCI1zg #
• Gave 2012 3.5 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCGxD8 #
• What Car? launches new mobile site http://bit.ly/aePv3n Access it at m.whatcar.com @whatcar #
• Gizmodo have a video and pictures of the new iPhone http://bit.ly/dCHfOC Goodbye Google Nexus One….. #
• More from Eyjafjallajokull – The Big Picture – Boston.com http://shar.es/mvlbL #
• RT @TalkAndroid Google Maps Navigation App Now Available For UK Android Phones http://bit.ly/ccWA2o #
• @HayMotoring yes, I've already got the application on my phone. Just needs to get the UK update. Still waiting though…… in reply to HayMotoring #
• Looks like you could run a country from the back of the new Maybach – Picture Gallery – Autocar.co.uk http://shar.es/m767J @autocar #
• Loving the graphics Sky are beaming onto that building. #
• Very happy that whatcar.com has been shortlisted for consumer website of the year at the annual AOP awards. http://bit.ly/dv6bl5 #

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• @andrew_thomson yep they are on anytime for a while and repeated lots at the moment. in reply to andrew_thomson #
• Gave Harry Brown 4.5 stars out of 5: http://LOVEFiLM.com/r/QRCIsk0 #
• RT @DPrash: RT @paidContentUK Print Can Still Do Innovative Ads, Especially For Paper | paidContent:UK http://cnt.to/kn8 #
• RT @tobestobs: After 19 years, http:// prefix is getting ditched (in Google Chrome) http://bit.ly/92l4wu (via @newsycombinator) #
• @austinh7 Old man :) in reply to austinh7 #
• @bnb Twidroid by a million miles. in reply to bnb #
• @austinh7 Uniqueness is a good thing plus they do look cool. in reply to austinh7 #
• @electricpig Any word on pricing yet for UK market? in reply to electricpig #
• RT @OHnewsroom: Editor to caller: “This is not Domino’s Pizza, you don’t call up and schedule a story.” #
• If you have all the numbers from 1 to 1'000,000, except one of them. How would you find out which number is missing? #
• @SandipRay Let me guess, iPhone only :( in reply to SandipRay #
• Make your own Google search story videos using a new tool – http://bit.ly/9h2DyX) I made this one earlier – http://bit.ly/afl0On #
• At a very interesting seminar run by Maxymiser about advanced testing. Moving on next to watch some user sessions at our UX agency. #
• @richardsedley Questback is very good. in reply to richardsedley #
• @DavorGoldie more of a client thing just seen Cancer Research UK and bmibaby. in reply to DavorGoldie #
• Clegg did okay, ITV, Sky and Sun polls make him easily the debate winner. Is it possible he could win the election? #
• I signed up to receive updates from the Lib Dems via email last night via FB. Still not had a welcome email. Poor show…. #
• RT @raceright: Handy for sense checking your vote: http://voteforpolicies.org.uk #
• Seriously, I wasn't going to print that email anyway! – http://shar.es/mtIKu #
• Strange not having planes flying overhead. Sleep in tomorrow then. #
• RT @mashable 10 Best LEGO Music Videos on YouTube http://bit.ly/bprcvj #lady gaga #lego #music #

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