Category: Work
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The Internet of Things, #leweb and other ‘zings’
Last week I was lucky to go to Paris for le web conference, which focused on the Internet of Things (IoT). This describes the shift to a time when all your devices are connected to the Internet, and talk to each other through machine to machine (m2m) communication. This has been big for a while,…
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Can you donate using a banana? (Update – YES YOU CAN)
**Update 15th July 2013 – yes you can** Here’s proof: //instagram.com/p/bysL98QElR/ If you’re interested, here’s how I did it. *Here continues original post* Listening to the Guardian tech podcast a few months ago, I heard about a certain kickstarter project that sounded pretty interesting. Called makeymakey, some clever chaps had built a way of…
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Open graph now open for service on JG
Back in October, I wrote about one of Facebook’s latest BETA features and how I was quite excited about its potential (see Grammar as a platform and sentences as a service – Facebook’s new open graph). After the open graph (or Timeline apps, as they’re known) went live in January earlier this year, there have been quite a…
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What we shipped – the 2011 edition
Last year I was inspired by Seth Godin to write an end-of-year review about what you shipped, so it seems proper to do the same thing this year, especially as it’s been quite a different year. 2010 was all about speaking and presentations for me (25 in all) but 2011 was meant to be the year…
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Grammar as a platform and sentences as a service – Facebook’s new open graph
On Tuesday this week I went to the London edition of F8, the “on tour” edition of Facebook’s flagship developer conference. I have to say (and I did say it), it was the most useful day at a conference I’ve ever had. Despite spending a lot of time reading through the docs for the new…
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Stats! About online fundraising! In video format!
The nice folk over at Reason Digital have created a neat little video giving loads of useful stats as to why charities should focus on online. Take a peek: Non-profits! Get inspired by the web. from Reason Digital on Vimeo.
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Great essay from Nick Aldridge on the role of technology in the “Big Society”
There are a whole host of essays related to the government’s latest efforts to build a strong culture of giving. Naturally, the one I was most interested in was the paper by MissionFish UK CEO Nick Aldridge on the role of technolocy in the “Big Society”. It’s well worth a read: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Nick-Aldridge_2.pdf I especially agree…
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Can haz new job plz?
After four different roles at JG on the charity side of the business over the last 5 years, I’ve now taken the awfully exciting jump to our Product and Innovation team to be a product manager. The last few months have been really interesting for me in setting up our social media monitoring tools, creating…
Jonathan Waddingham 