links for 2008-10-08

From the comments: "I haven't read the rest of the article as I dread to think what that would be like if you can't word together your first sentance". Sir, meet your own petards.

Using personas as part of your link-building campaign.

"It can't go on. One day the oligarchs and carpetbaggers will move on. They'll probably leave in the middle of the night like the holders of sub-prime mortgages, slipping the stadium keys through the bank's letterbox before setting off for pastures new. Once they've gone the game will still go on, albeit at a less sophisticated level, driven by the ancient tribal hatred that has animated the game for the last century."

"The same website [Den of Geek] has also published another article detailing information gleaned from some of the new audio commentaries. This includes the note that David Tennant at one point refers to new head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat as his 'new boss', which the website takes to indicate that they will be working together on the fifth series of the programme, to be broadcast in 2010".

"The whole touchscreen on the Storm is one large mouse button, so touching a button or key is not enough to activate any function - the user needs to press down on the item to set it off. In the past, business users have held off using touchscreen devices because of what RIM co-chief executive, Mike Lazaridis, describes as 'this problem where navigation and confirmation were inter-mingled in the same action'".

"Coca-Cola GB said that the girl in the TV ad was meant to be 20 years old and that a 22-year-old actress played the character". Sweet cheeses, what is wrong with you lot in the UK at the moment? Oh, hang on, that's about to include me too...I've changed my mind, it is dirty filth, 22 is far too young to be having sex and a baby, get it off my screen etc etc

"MPs are fond of asking why their stature, and that of the Commons as an institution, has declined so markedly. I think the answer is this: When they don't take their responsibilities seriously enough, why should the rest of us take them seriously?"