Facebook have introduced new technology which lets you claim videos as your own and automatically flag when it thinks someone has pinched your content to re-upload as their own. This is excellent news for those who have had their music or personal content pinched and re-shared, only to see their hard work result in massive […]
The tricky art of sentiment measurement
Sentiment is a notoriously difficult thing to automate, and unless a topic is polarising you have to allow a fairly wide margin of error. The most reliable way so far seems to analyse the words used, however that has its flaws. Imagine you had to write a programme to filter sentiment and were presented with […]
Apple’s Open Letter
I’m sure most of you’ve heard about this already, but just in case, Apple have made a very interesting and well-received stand against the FBI and American government who ordered them to build a backdoor into iOS devices. Good for them. This’ll be an interesting standoff though. Can a business just ignore the will of […]
The drift of Google+
The big question I get asked more often than others is “What about Google+? That’s gotta be a good bet, right? Google must like us using their stuff, yeah?” There’s been a bit of a “conscious uncoupling” of Google+ from other Google activity. This suggests they’re finally accepting that not everyone wants their email, search […]
HS2 & Swillington Farm
This Christmas we went all out and got a Goose from Swillington Organic Farm. It’s a great place which has built a strong community spirit, but is under threat from HS2. I’m not against HS2 by any means – it makes sense to me to build infrastructure (especially at a time of economic trouble) but […]
Sky Larkin
…are back! Here’s their new single, “Loom”. They’ve got a new album out on Sept 16th, which will be well worth looking forward to.
#FakeFans
Just watching the #FakeFans dispatches from last night. I feel bad for the likes of Peak District who’ve been hoodwinked into a “easy” way to get their numbers up. I guess the lesson is that real followings isn’t the sort of thing that’s gathered overnight, it’s earned through talking to your audience about what they […]
The Black Sea – Going Out
I have some hugely talented friends that I honestly feel starstruck when I see them after they do stuff like this.
More new Leeds music
I was dropped a line by some chaps from The Concetines about a gig they’re playing on Saturday 8th June. I can’t make it myself, but I’ve been listening to the line up and it’s pretty nice. By far my favourite of the four acts is Black Alley, who have a pretty sultry sound… have […]
Adam Buxton – Creative Networks
Back in April (yes, I’m just catching up on LOTS of things) Adam Buxton brought his incredible BUG show to Bradford. I didn’t get to go to that, but out of nowhere – well, thanks to @IdleSi – I managed to go along to a talk by Count Buckulees at the Leeds College of Art […]