Paul Hagon

Category: Blog

  • Internet cold turkey

    I’ve recently just come back from 5 weeks holidaying in South America. I left with the intention of going totally internet cold turkey for this period of time. I wasn’t going to actively seek out the hotels computers or an internet cafe to check my emails, update twitter or facebook, or even upload any holiday…

  • Backing up the cloud

    Yesterday Ma.gnolia had a total failure and everyone’s accounts and the data they had added became inaccessible from both the standard web interface and via the API. In December, Pownce closed down, and in January Google announced it was closing down Google Notebook, Dodgeball and Jaiku. Users are always getting used to seeing the regular appearance of twitters…

  • New York then and now

    I’ve been playing around with yet another Flickr Commons then and now project, this time using the images of New York from 1935-1938 from the New York Public Library.  The process for this has been a little bit different to the previous then and now demonstrations.  The images that have been posted don’t have any…

  • Thriller

    I recently had a bit of fun at the National Library of Australia’s Christmas party playing Michael Jackson. It was so much fun.

  • New Zealand then and now

    On November 27 the National Library of New Zealand became the sixteenth institution to join The Commons.  In what was perfect timing, within days Google launched their streetview service for New Zealand.  Of course I’ve modified my then and now mashup to include the images on Flickr from the National Library of New Zealand.  They’ve…