‘Any company that thinks it’s going to build a site by outsourcing all the work to its users completely misunderstands what it should be doing. Your job is to provide a structure for your users to collaborate, and that takes a lot of work.’ (Jimmy Wales, a Wikipedia co-founder).
Quite.
Archive for September, 2008
Crowdsourcing
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2300BC
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stonehenge has been dated to 2300BC. Experts are suggesting that the stones were thought to have healing powers. Professor Darvill of Bournemouth University is quoted as saying, ‘therefore, in a sense, Stonehenge becomes the A&E of southern England. Very clinical.
Hill or Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever wondered what makes a hill into a mountain …
‘A Welsh hill has been upgraded to a mountain after three walkers found its official measurement was just too low. Mynydd Graig Goch in Snowdonia was originally put at 1,998ft (609m), just short of the magic 2,000ft (609.6m) that qualifies as a mountain. But [...]
This other Eden (8): Salcombe
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Travelling east to west, the south Devon coastline stretches from Brixham around to Plymouth. Towards the centre of this coastline is Salcombe. On a sunny day, you could be in the Mediterranean. Blue-green seas, exotic vegetation, steep hillsides plunging into water, sandy coves, clean light.
Salcombe itself is a well healed town on the edge of [...]
South West Tourism
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s an excellent website for businesses targeted at the tourism industry in the South West of England called ‘South West Tourism’.
Their research suggests that around 14.5million trips were made to the region in 2007. That’s 64million nights spent away on holiday and a fraction over £3billion spent.
Note: this excludes visits to relatives and business trips.
Site: http://www.swtourism.co.uk/home.ashx
This other Eden (7): Braunton Burrows
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the north west of Devon is a wide, sandy beach that runs for miles along the coastline. To the south of this vast stretch of sand is Westward Ho! and to the north Saunton. Barnstaple, a major north Devon town, is a short drive to the east.
The beach, in itself, is magnificent. Long views, [...]
Discovering places
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Both the United Kingdom and the internet are packed with remarkable destinations. The problem we face is discovering them.
First, examples of remarkable destinations.
This summer, we spent some time in Northumberland (north east England). It’s hard to believe so few domestic and international travellers visit. Hard to believe because it’s so extraordinary. And then there’s Devon. On [...]
It’s been a month
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a month spent in: Northumberland National Park, Wiltshire, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Dorset and Lincolnshire.
In that time, we’ve taken around 10,000 photos and hundreds of videos. All to be uploaded onto the site and YouTube in time.
We’ve also been blasting through a development plan and we’re jolly excited that the system’s being opened [...]
