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I´m a Journalism student as well as a Multimedia graduate. I´m interested in the social web and the media.

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Digital Cameras

Walk down any high street today and you will be hard-pressed to find an analogue camera for sale; digital is most definitely your only choice. But with seemingly hundreds of models available what should you look out for when buying your new digital camera? There are 4 important specifications to look out for when purchasing [...]

Twitter and be damned

I did an unusual thing yesterday-when the news broke of the attack on the RBS Bank in London during the G20 protests; I turned to Twitter for the news. Ok, so i also turned to Sky News and CNN but i was excited to see how Twitter would react to the news. And of course [...]

Search that isnt Google

After the announement of Sarah Palin as the McCains running-mate in last years Presidential election the American media took no time in finding and publicising her pregnant daughters’ boyfriends myspace page. Google isnt the only possibility for search; niche search engines out such as Socialmention, Pipl and Wink have access to a large amount of [...]

Last.fm chance saloon

Last.fm certainly isnt the largest social network out there but they had a neat service. I say “had” as according to the Last.fm blog they are to start charging for use of the site. I only recently joined last.fm, mostly for its recommendation service, and i have to say i found some interesting artist but [...]

My Continuing Gmail Obsession

Im a huge fan of gmail But i have noticed one small flaw with it; it doesn’t always detect attachments. Of course this isnt a hugh issue, you can simply search for has:attachment in the search bar.  but this is a bit annoying so last week i spent a short amount of time creating a [...]

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