So I need to buy a laptop for work as we have a new Community Manager starting, we decide on a Sony VAIO Z21 - and find that DABS has it in stock and the price is a little cheaper than the Sony store (who did not have stock.) I think to myself DABS is...
Topics: dabs, General

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I spoke at a Mashup Event last Thursday. I was asked to talk about the ‘realtime web’ - and as some of my core interests are with how brands are engaging with the social web. I decided to cover how the transition to more realtime technologies.
Topics: Featured, News

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The twitterati and some Twitter App Makers have been up in arms regarding twitters recent API changes that will mean a 20,000 limit will be placed on whitelisted apps. I think the 20,000 number is irrelevant, because of the growth twitter is going...
Topics: api, Featured, Programming, Technology, twitter

{"title":"Twitter API Limiting will Lead to Revenue Model","post_url":"http:\/\/www.nickhalstead.com\/2009\/01\/21\/twitter-api-limiting-will-lead-to-revenue-model\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/assembleron","author":"NickHalstead","date":"2009-01-21 14:28:28","summary":"The twitterati and some Twitter App Makers have been up in arms regarding twitters recent API changes that will mean a 20,000 limit will be placed on whitelisted apps. I think the 20,000 number is irrelevant, because of the growth twitter is going..."}

As I am in the midst of raising another round of funding for fav.or.it I wanted to cover some of my thoughts on the government’s recent announcement of further funding for business that is meant to help SME’s survive through the credit crunch. The...
Topics: fse, funding, investment, seeda, uk

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I wanted to get back into blogging for 2009. For those that don’t know I am the CEO & Founder of favorit Ltd - I run http://fav.or.it and also have a few side projects like http://www.tweetmeme.com - at the back end of 2008 I found that my...
Topics: 2009, General

{"title":"What to expect in 2009","post_url":"http:\/\/www.nickhalstead.com\/2009\/01\/13\/what-to-expect-in-2009\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/assembleron","author":null,"date":"2009-01-13 14:04:55","summary":"I wanted to get back into blogging for 2009. For those that don’t know I am the CEO & Founder of favorit Ltd - I run http:\/\/fav.or.it and also have a few side projects like http:\/\/www.tweetmeme.com - at the back end of 2008 I found that my..."}