friendships in connected age

Reading time: < 1 min Friendships in the Connected Age: Higher Quantity AND Higher Quality – “The most human value still comes from authentic one-on-one connections. ItÒ€ℒs just a whole lot easier to create and maintain and deepen those now.”

pacman ghosts

Reading time: < 1 min Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. Louise bought me a t-shirt recently, adorned with these characters, but I couldn’t remember their names and have had a hard time convincing Louise that they had names at all. THIS proves that I was right. Yay.

gmail filter hack

Reading time: < 1 min Use GMail? Check your filters! (via) – nasty little hack this one, and very easy to pull off.

I is for idiot

Reading time: 2 mins Many moons ago I designed a simple template for a blog. It was a very popular blog back then, and it’s even more popular now with a book deal signed and on-sale, and many Bloggie Awards won (3 in a row!). It’s a regular read of course, and this evening, as I clicked to view…

social language learning

Reading time: < 1 min LiveMocha – not sure about the name but the idea is good. One of the best ways to learn a language is to use it, LiveMocha helps you learn a language by letting you hook up and chat with other people doing the same.

get more from gmail

Reading time: < 1 min Getting the most from GMail – has several good tips and advice on how to best leverage GMail.