Author Archives: admin

Wikipediaize

A few years ago I created a Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) application called Wikipediaize which will take a user defined dictionary of acronyms and create a [..]

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Waze – my experiences

So I have been using Waze for a while now and wanted to document my experiences with it, and what I like about it, and where it is [..]

Alternate reality games, Apps, Gamification, Social networking , , , ,

Empire Avenue – social networking in a share trading context

Empire Avenue is a social game which aims to connect people together via their social networks. It works like a stock market where you buy and sell shares [..]

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Google docs – My experiences so far

I have been using Google Docs for quite a while now and thought I might write about my experiences. I love Google Docs, but there is a long [..]

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Chore wars – making housework fun

For the last two weeks I have been experimenting with Chore Wars as a way of getting my children to be more involved with housework. The premise is [..]

Alternate reality games, Games ,

Android App for Roselands Football Club

An Android app to find game details for Roselands Football Club matches, including turn-by-turn driving navigation to the park. Read more »

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Upgraded to WordPress 3.0

I have upgraded to WordPress 3.0. It’s very impressive the amount of work that so many people have put into this platform. It still amazes me how good [..]

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Using Google Font directory and its API

The Google Font Directory and the Google Font API is a new offering from Google which allows for the use of their open source fonts on any website. Read more »

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Blog migration

I have moved my blog to a new server and have not migrated any of the content yet. Lately I have moved away from development so will not [..]

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