Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
How to Net a mate
November 22nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
“Paul is in his late 30s and has recently come out of a painful divorce. The idea of dating again was, in many respects, an uncomfortable one. He recognised that he had a fair bit of emotional baggage and that meeting someone who understood him and shared his interests was not going to be easy. […]
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British bloggers blossom
November 9th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
The very earliest days of blogging were a decade ago. I’ve been blogging for almost five years now and usually blog every day. A full-page feature in today’s “Guardian” news paper claims that, of Britain’s 26 million Internet users, 15% run a blog and that almost one in five of them blog at least once […]
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Is Wikipedia the best site on the Web?
September 6th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just contributed my 40th column on Internet issues for the communications trade union Connect. This one looks at the outstanding growth and success of Wikipedia. You can read it here.
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Forward to five friends?
July 4th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Fed up of all those silly e-mails with advice or exhortations that finish up demanding that you forward the message to everyone you know? Well, you’ll enjoy this.
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Old and young YouTubers
June 29th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
One of the oldest YouTubers in the UK is Peter aged 79. So far, he has posted 80 videos which you can check out here. This is one example called “Telling it all part 1”:
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Heard of Twitter?
June 21st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
As I explained in an earlier posting, I’m trying out the micro-blogging site called Twitter with some Dutch friends. To get some idea of the scale of the enterprise, have a look at Twitter Faces.
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Blogging for Madeleine
May 31st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
The father of missing four-year old Madelaene McCann is blogging here. This is a terribly heart-rending case and all the publicity – including this web site – are clearly totally well-intentioned. I’m just not sure about the efficacy of it all.
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Vietnam loses half of Net connections
May 30th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
My friend in Hanoi tells me in a recent e-mail of a major reduction in access to the Internet for the citizens of Vietnam: “My worst news about the Internet is that Vietnam has just lose half of its Internet connections because of some uneducated fishermen in Ca Mau (the south-east point of Vietnam). They […]
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Letters from the dead
May 23rd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
This is the story of someone who has composed letters to his family and friends – deposited on a secure web site – only to be read on his death. I have a better idea: tell your family and friends now what you would want them to know from such letters.
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Our enlightened judiciary
May 20th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
“The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a website is.” Judge Peter Openshaw, presiding over a trail of three men accused of Internet terror offences – more information here.
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