Time to head to London for #fowa.
RT @DirDigEng: Calling open data developers: we need your help http://bit.ly/QfiLQ #opendata #gov20
Finishing up a few things before heading to London for #fowa in London
Can I have my morning back please? I’m still nowhere with my real work!
RT @mrchrisadams: Staring open mouthed at co2isgreen.org http://bit.ly/fCFjy
@timsculthorpe nope - Amazon UK
@UKProgressive I know - I am in shock! I expected to have a fight on my hands.
In shock - just talked to an overseas call centre, and had a coherent conversation and a solution to my problem in under 5 mins!
RT @harrym: Quick twitter poll: is it annoying when sites open links in new windows or do you like it? Appeal: if you don’t care, say so :)
@harrym I find it really annoying - if I want a link to open in a new window, I’ll do it myself.
RT @alncl: Epic fail from Associated Press http://tr.im/zVJy (HT @Suw)
Finally heading home for the weekend. Starting to feel like we are finally getting somewhere.
RT @pauloCanning: New post > Seduced by huge c*ck.. http://bit.ly/iGQys
Heading over to #trydan http://trydan.wetpaint.c…
@Pheonix_b good luck :)
Good luck to @charlie_elise on her first day as editor of www.HRzone.co.uk
First person in the office today. Hopefully get a few jobs out of the way before people show up.
RT @egrommet: Media Wales closing two of its local papers and at least 15 jobs http://bit.ly/3MVkwW (yet more bad news for journalism :-( )
Fantastic - prison inmate drunk on anti-bacterial hand gel & hospital removes bottles to stop people drinking them - http://bit.ly/2Mm9IW
@egrommet we haven’t had chance to catch up since summer graduations - we should grab a coffee at some point
RT @scottgu Announcing WebsiteSpark http://tinyurl.com/websi… Use Windows Server/SQL/VS/Expression for web at no cost for 3 years
@cathackforth congratulations :-)
@jamescousins wow - you managed to get a table seat?! The plugs on the FGW non-table seats are much easier to use.
RT @harrym: Mega password giveaway: http://bit.ly/3hygBd. Glad I abandoned Demon ages ago. They are not what they once were.
Some fantastic pictures of the Sydney red dust storm - http://bit.ly/3zkCSC (via @monkchips & @robertbrook)
@lesteph we’re using IE7 & Office 2007 here at Consumer Focus. I suppose it helps that we were started from a blank canvas IT wise.
getting really fed up with a set of deployment scripts that absolutely refuse to work. arrrgggh.
@gareththomas good question - the best we’ve come across so far is WPML (http://bit.ly/2fllym) - we are using it for bilingual stuff at CF
I was in work bright and early this morning for a change- lots to do, including spending a few hours delving through apache config files :-/
Just spent an hour ripping one of my websites apart to find a bug that I’m now pretty sure is caused by the client’s firewall instead. damn.
Spent all morning with my head in Python code - we now have an SVN repository that will send an email everytime we commit something
RT @pauloCanning: Postscript two: Lessons from the great 2009 Birmingham City Council website disaster http://bit.ly/32OY5k #bccwebsite
Back online with a working laptop following a reinstall. Nice, fast and stable at last. I hadn’t realised how slow it’d gotten.
RT @aubergene: RT: @wikileaks UK government database of all 1,841,177 post codes together with precise geo coordinates http://bit.ly/2oOVZu
Can anyone recommend a good linux IDE for PHP & HTML? I’ve been using eclipse - but it really sucks. ideally needs SVN integration as well.
@GarethThomas nah, much quicker just to reinstall I think
Looks like a full reinstall is needed — damn. so much for getting work done today.
Oh dear - my linux laptop appears to be having problems booting up - apparently I no longer have any network cards or usb ports :-/
@pezholio I was thinking the same thing - I’m sure i’ve not got that many accounts though?! it must be stuck on a loop.
@alncl: Great to see someone having clear aims and objectives for their website projects. :-)
RT @charlesarthur: Locate the postboxes near you (you never know when you’ll need one) http://bit.ly/LT39A
If you printed the internet… http://bit.ly/krkUZ
Clarification: 503 errors are happening on the Twitter.com website, not on the @Tweetdeck website (sorry!)
@TweetDeck yes, sorry - I’m regularly getting “Service Unavailable” in the bottom right of Tweetdeck and 503 errors on the Twitter website
Having problems with Twitter today - @Tweetdeck is not updating (Service Unavailable) and random 503 errors on website
Feeling like I’ve opened pandora’s box. Should have left the DNS to the newbie.
Trying to figure out what is going on with DNS records for our website - its all a bit strange.
@glitchkitty there is nothing wrong with a bit of tuna & mayo!
Deployed some updates to the @cflabs website and added the new DataBlog to the site.
@Pheonix_b sounds like you are planning a good night :-)
@gavD_UK That is a pretty good likeness!
RT @Bash: Oh yeah. By me @TelegraphBlogs: “TechCrunch falls for Facebook prank (this is why I love the tech industry)” http://bit.ly/3BFSw
@pezholio does anybody use applets for anything serious anymore?
RT @DJSoup If people r serious abut attempting a DIY #bccwebsite a wiki for talking about how it could b done http://is.gd/38O2w [great!!]
Congratulations to @megan_alys for passing her driving test. :-)
@lesteph Might be useful for them to read up on some of the suggestions resulting from the B’ham website fiasco as a starting point.
Wondering if I should be concerned at the smoke coming out of the side if the train & the overpowering smell of fumes?
PM has recognised the “utterly unfair” treatment of WW2 code-breaker Alan Turing. Read more at http://bit.ly/2LXk8 (via @DowningStreet)
Just spent some time writing content for an update to the CF Labs site. need to tidy things up in the morning before deploying.
Having a fun time with the Data Protection Act
@neil_raygun that should be fine - but how about the Starbucks on Queen Street (Castle end)
@neil_raygun Hi Neil - our diary has been moved around a bit, so we now have tomorrow free if you are still available?
@pezholio fair enough - probably one of those things that ripples its way around the web and re-appears every now and again
RT @dallsobrook: RT @Aled25 RT: @FHM_UK H from Steps is dead: http://bit.ly/UcC21 (pretty sure this originated from @pezholio yesterday)
@pauloCanning I’d certainly be interested - although I’m not a local gov person.
RT @pauloCanning: Question: would local govvers b up 4 a usability event? i.e. how 2 do,how 2 hire,when 2 hire, cost/benefit, principles of?
@barrymcgee techcrunch have written about the “new design” for Google http://bit.ly/10mTnp
RT @pauloCanning: RT @localgoveditors Osborne celebrates efficient Tory councils http://bit.ly/17oayt < does this include Brum :]
Hmm, tweetdeck being wierd this morning - no content in most of my columns
@neil_raygun sorry for not getting back sooner -a combination of lack of wifi and poor signal meant I couldn’t get back right away!
RT @pauloCanning: Lessons from the 2009 Birmingham City Council website disaster http://bit.ly/usYN5 #bccwebsite #bcc #bccsite #fail
Just had nasty call with @stereophonics ticket sales. They have cancelled my tickets & blamed me for their website problems.
@glitchkitty yeah, thats something I did at one point, but I got lazy!
@m_bilal Capita was responsible for the mess by all accounts
@shepherdnick thats why I installed it. its fantastic for searching in Outlook, but hopless at everything else
@shepherdnick i find Windows Search rarely actually works.
@awhitehouse one of which has recently gone into administration
@awhitehouse i’ve got a whole batch of different addresses that i use for signups. this email address is only used for one or two companies
Another UK marketing company has somehow gotten hold of my personal & heavily protected email address - i wonder how
@doktorb that is actually not bad - i’ve seen some far worse council websites!
Apologies if my blog is running slow - seem to have a memory leak on something somewhere
@doktorb you are right - i’ve seen worse - but when you look at how much money the site as a whole as cost, it is the least value for money
A look at Birmingham City Council’s new website - http://bit.ly/2YzIe2 #bccwebsite #bcc #bccsite #fail
RT @newsbrooke: RT @frabcus: Southampton Uni crazily copy protect FOI response PDFs http://tinyurl.com/nvcm5a http://tinyurl.com/md3b4z
Right, ticket ordering complete - now time to get some real work done. hmm.
Woo, had email confirmation - I have @stereophonics tickets :-D
twitter also not working properly this morning. whats wrong with the world??
arrgghh “Sorry, there has been a problem with your order - Please call to confirm that your order was successful” but number is unrecognised
New blog post: A look at the new Birmingham City Council website http://bit.ly/2YzIe2
My take on this evening’s poor Panorama programme - http://bit.ly/QumCA
@pezholio people will always have problems with website redesigns. people do not like change.
New blog post: How clean is your beach? http://bit.ly/QumCA
@tobeon talking about sewage being released onto beaches - scaring people, blaming people. but not actually looking into the causes of it.
.@BBC - following your WiFi scaremongering last year, I’d hoped you had improved standards on Panorama. I was wrong. Really poor.
Watching the awful tabloid crap that is BBC #Panorama
@Bash by mentioning wedding you’ve just added a few 0’s to the end of the price!
@charlie_elise my only issue is that the main menu is almost hidden because of its proximity to the huge text.
@charlie_elise I’m glad you like the look of it as well - when I stumbled across it the other week and was impressed by it.
London at last - now to head to the office in Victoria
Just passing Didcot -the buffet breakfast smells really nice, not sure I can resist!
Urgh. Bad day to forget to charge my phone. On way to London with empty batteries on both my phones. :-(
Wasn’t that impressed by Basecamp when I’ve used it in the past, but this is the final blow - will not be using again! http://bit.ly/2C8fEm
Friday already? where has this week gone?
Liking the fact that #welovetheBBC is a trending topic. Without the BBC, we’d have to put up with crap American style TV.
Back online after my trip to Lake Vyrnwy (birthday present from @charlie_elise). Anything I’ve missed?