Google’s Privacy Dashboard

 

It was with interest that I came across Google’s privacy Dashboard. When you log in you will see all the  information that Google has for you.

With the recent privacy issues  making the headlines  recently, it is good to know what data you have out on the web.

New name for twitter client

As you may have known Twitter clients are now required to use the  oAuth authentication protocol. To acquire a consumer key and consumer secret key you need to register your twitter client/application at http://twitter.com/oauth_clients/new.

What I have discovered is that you will be presented with a error message if you register an application with ‘Twitter’ in its title. So it is off to find a name for that twitter application.

No car equals using LTC Web watch

My car had to be at the mechanic for a couple of days which meant I had to take the bus to work.
It had been a while since I took the London Transit;however I got the opportunity to use the LTC Web watch monitor which provides real time location of the LTC buses. I must say I found the Web watch monitor very useful and very accurate.

Another result of not having my car was that I was able to catch up on my reading. In the spirit of London's City Council passing the Open data initiative I had the opportunity to read the following interesting articles:

Real Web 2.0: Linking Open Data
Linked Data
How to publish linked data on the web