James Ward

BBC Radio Leeds Breakfast Show presenters Andrew and Georgey (@andrew_georgey on Twitter) will be discussing how technology has changed our lives during the first decade of the twenty-first century (although some people say the decade doesn’t end until 31 Dec 2010…). I’ll be with them for a few minutes sometime after 07:30; here are some of the things I’ll be talking about. (more…)

Facebook launched new payment options yesterday, increasing the number of currencies in which advertisers can be billed (it was US$ or nothing before). But beware – there seem to be a few teething problems. (more…)

As widely reported yesterday and today, Twitter have made a “small settings update” that removes choice from users about how they experience their Twitter stream. (more…)

You might have a problem with the volume of packaging that their product creates, but it’s hard not to love graze.com, a company who deliver healthy snacks to your desk. I have been well and truly seduced – even if I do feel a hefty twinge of guilt with every box I receive. (more…)

Tweetdeck has been my favourite Twitter client for the past six months, but hey – that’s a long time on the web and now I find that I’ve just been seduced by a shiny, new, Mac-native app. (more…)

Lots of people have added a feed of latest tweets to the sidebar of their site or blog and when I was planning my site I assumed I would do the same. But I’ve recently started to have second thoughts. (more…)

When you start to follow more than just a few people you might find that your stream of tweets becomes overwhelming. One of the reasons for this is that, by default, Twitter shows you all of the public replies that your followers send to other people. This can lead to you seeing half conversations, which mean little to you. You can change this option, within your Twitter account settings. Here’s how: (more…)

Many people rarely visit their page on Twitter.com, preferring instead to use a separate application.I’ve tried a few and think that Tweetdeck is the best one currently available. This short video shows you how to access some of the most useful features of the application. (more…)

So many companies are trying to market themselves in social media at the moment. It’s great to see someone getting it right… (more…)