BBC News blooper - funniest ever

A lesson for Jonathan Charles of BBC World News on the importance of punctuation on the autocue and breathing.

Oxford Twestival - why I'm involved

Ignite: Amber Case - Cyborg Anthropology

Amber Case is a Cyber Anthropologist and studies how tech is changing our lives. In just five minutes, she runs through her research on the ever-ex...   more Amber Case is a Cyber Anthropologist and studies how tech is changing our lives. In just five minutes, she runs through her research on the ever-expanding population of cyborgs.

Ignite captures the best of geek culture in a series of five-minute speed presentations on topics ranging from The Best Way to Buy a Car to Hacking Chocolate. Imagine that you're on stage in front of an audience of hundreds of people, doing a five-minute presentation using a slide deck that auto-forwards every 15 seconds, whether you're ready or not. What would you do? What would you say? Could you stand the pressure? Every week, find out how some of the smartest minds on the planet dealt with this situation as your host, Brady Forrest, highlights a different talk from Ignites around the world. Learn more at ignite.oreilly.com.   less

Google I/O 2009 - The Social Web: An Implementor's Guide

Google I/O 2009 - The Social Web: An Implementor's Guide

Joseph Smarr

The Web is going social and the Social Web is going open--come and learn the la...   more Google I/O 2009 - The Social Web: An Implementor's Guide

Joseph Smarr

The Web is going social and the Social Web is going open--come and learn the latest ways to build your website into this social ecosystem. Reduce sign-up friction with OpenID and OAuth hybrid onboarding. Use Portable Contacts to tap your users' social graph without scraping. Let them promote your site across the web with Activity Streams. Get the big picture and see hands-on examples integrated with Google, Yahoo, MySpace, Plaxo, and more.

For presentation slides and all I/O sessions, please go to: code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html   less