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Tweet truth to power

Tweet truth to power

Posted by on Dec 1, 2012 in Featured, Geekery, Img, Sound & Vision | 0 comments

Tomorrow I’m doing my first ever screenprinting course, and with tongue lightly stuck in cheek, I’ve just done this Tweet Truth To Power design with a picture of a protesting young fella I tried to ‘Banksy’. Obviously once I unleash this bad boy on tee shirts (if I get the opportunity tomorrow) it’ll probably become as iconic...

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How to use Pinterest for effective campaigning

How to use Pinterest for effective campaigning

Posted by on Feb 23, 2012 in Geekery | 0 comments

Campaigning with Pinterest for fundraising or to drive actions on a website looks like an interesting new trend in e-campaigning. I’m just starting to play with the site and explore what it can do, and will share here anything useful that comes up. For instance – did you know you can embed a Pinterested thing (wow – gotta work on the...

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How to use the new Twitter

How to use the new Twitter

Posted by on Dec 10, 2011 in Geekery | 2 comments

There are already a lot of ‘new Twitter’ guides and helpful notes out there about all the changes Twitter’s been making recently, so I’m just going to summarise some of the most interesting bits, and link to the best guides I’ve found for understanding it all. So the ‘buzz’ and potentially most interesting...

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The rugged solar powered computer in Uganda

The rugged solar powered computer in Uganda

Posted by on Oct 29, 2011 in Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

UNICEF are rolling out an exciting ICT4D project in rural parts of Uganda. The project aims to give access to practical information to people living in remote parts of Uganda, where access would otherwise be extremely difficult. Like projects such as One Laptop Per Child, the goal is to bridge the gap of information accessibility between poorer countries...

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JPod

JPod

Posted by on Oct 27, 2011 in Geekery, Lies, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

JPod: A NovelDouglas Coupland, Douglas Coupland; Bloomsbury USA 2006WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder “All Rise and Pray to the Hug Machine” Meeting Today’s New Tech Worker by Kaitlin Anna Boyd Joyce After having worked at my current tech firm for the larger part of a year, I have come to the conclusion...

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