Three years of blogging
I hardly noticed, but the 3 year anniversary of K! passed the other week. And I didn’t even get my blog a present or anything. The very first post is here. Happy 3rd birthday, K!
The ‘Six degrees of separation’ Facebook application is 4th fastest growing app of the week
Exponetic’s first Facebook application, Six Degrees of Separation is apparently the fourth fastest growing app over the past week, according to Adnomics. The full league table is as follows: Weekly Movers & Shakers 1 TextMeNow +7,031 users (86.8%) 2 Cartoonify Me +65,895 users (69.2%) 3 Gross Out! +130,448 users (31.2%) 4 Six Degrees +6,979 users …
Exponetic’s first Facebook application passes 5000 users
We’ve started developing Facebook applications at Exponetic and our first properly launched project, “Six degrees of separation” has passed 5000 users in under 9 days of live time. The growth has been quite amazing and still going. Next steps are to do a bit more development on this app and there are a few more …
Feel the Zuzz!
Exponetic’s first Ruby on Rails development project has gone live! Called Zuzzid it lets users post rants and raves about insurance products and experiences. Okay, it may not sound fascinating, but there’s no other outlet and it’s good to know who might actually pay out on a claim. Personally, I’ve ranted about how poor breakdown …
Six Degrees of Separation Facebook application
As a bit of R&D, and to lead in to some client projects, I’ve had some Facebook applications on the go. I thought it time to hurry one through so that there’s something live rather than just vague promises of “almost finished”. So, my first (simple) app is out there now. It’s an experiment in …
‘No-one famous was injured’ – phew!
Eleven extras have been injured after falling off a truck on the German set of Tom Cruise’s latest movie, Valkyrie. Police said there were “no findings to suggest anyone famous was involved”. Thank god no-one famous was hurt! BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Eleven injured on Cruise film set
SEH trip to Paris
The SEH Architects summer party went to Paris this year, and I went along with them. Some pictures below: Michael is proud of his work on the champagne: Lots of people looked lost even before they’d reached Paris: Notre Dame cathedral should be a stable of any Parisian visit set of pictures: The Eiffel Tower …
Human Tetris
Those whacky Japanese are at it again: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL1kEmH4]
Bethnal Green, oh how we’ll miss your crime
It seems that someone’s stolen the entrance mat to our office over the weekend. It’s about 5 feet by 8 feet, was hard-wearing, fireproof (we know as the local kids gave it a good go) and was a kind of dark blue/grey. If you see someone suspiciously installing a piece of slightly worn carpet in …
The laws of physics don’t apply to BT
In a report about how poor ADSL speeds are compared to the advertised 8mbps, a BT spokesman seems to imply that the laws of physics don’t apply within an exchange: “Virtually no-one will get it. The laws of physics start applying as soon as it leaves the exchange and you would have to live on …