Paul Jacobson

Category: Social Web

  • Google Friend Connect and/or Facebook Connect?

    I have Google’s Friend Connect integrated into this blog and you can sign in and comment using your Google account, OpenID, Twitter credentials and one other set of credentials. It works pretty well and when I comment here it integrates nicely with my blog credentials. I’d like to add Facebook Connect integration to the blog…

  • Everyone's a critic (or "No, I am not a paid blogger")

    This week on Twitter was a little like a spicy meal that repeats on you at 2am. Nic Haralambous and Rich Mulholland dredged up what feels like an old criticism about my posts about Nokia and its products (in particular the Nokia N97 which I now own, thanks to Nokia SA – I am one…

  • More of what you can expect at alt.conference

    I gave you a preview of what you can expect at alt.conference about a week ago. I have managed to finalise the program for the two events. Well, pretty much. I can’t really decide which event is likely to be more interesting. There is a terrific bunch of speakers lined-up for both the Cape Town…

  • Go go alt.conference – a preview of what to expect

    Update: I can’t figure out how to add the html code for a banner but you can use this version of the logo if you would like to create your own banner! Alt.conference is around the corner and there are already over 80 people who have joined the Alt.conference site. So what is this all…

  • Nokia is listening to you

    Nokia invited me to attend a media event in Dubai recently. The focus of the event is the new flagship device, the Nokia N97, and the recently launched Ovi Store. The media event gave me an opportunity to learn more about Nokia as a company and that appealed to me tremendously, perhaps as much as…

  • Ovi.com is more meh than mind blowing

    I posted this one a little too soon so I have edited it a little. The edits are in italics or strikethrough. Sorry about the premature posting! Ovi.com is Nokia’s answer to MobileMe (formerly .Mac) and a collection of similar services operated by the likes of Google. At least, that is how I see Ovi.com.…

  • You asked for change …

    I just got back from Dubai and I am in the middle of writing a couple blog posts. In the meantime I thought I would address a long standing concern about my audio input tools: This post is dedicated to my brother @asherja and to @allankent who inspired me to change. More meaningful content to…

  • Search for N: and the winners are …

    Ok, the Search for N competition has now closed and we are just tallying all the entries have our winners! The response has been phenomenal. Here are some stats about the entries: I received 28 entries at 13:00 (SA time) alone; about 32 entries in the next 60 seconds; and about 12 entries in the…