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Monday, December 11, 2006

New MySpace widget

I've felt for a long time that I've never really tapped in to the potential of MySpace. Millions and millions of people use it every day, and yet we've only ever had a trickle of visitors through to the One Million Masterpiece, despite many many links on MySpace profiles and blogs.

So I want to have another crack. Eamonn has come up with a little widget that can be used in MySpace profiles and comments to replay images from the OMM at high speed, and allows people to click through to the user profile.







To insert the widget, visit the profile of the picture that you wish to paste, and copy the code in the Myspace Widget box. By clicking in the box all the necessary text will be highlighted ready to be copied.

Paste this code into your MySpace profile or comment, or on any other web page or blog and voila, a cool little animated picture.

First job is to try and seed MySpace with as many examples of the widget as possible, which is where our users come in. We are going to contact every opt-in member that has a MySpace account and ask them to post their picture. I'll report back on the success of this in due course!
Enjoy!

posted by Paul Fisher @ 11:38 pm

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Why I Blog

Last year I was asked by my local development agency to talk to school children and young adults about starting businesses and life as an entrepreneur. Naturally I balked at the idea. Nothing terrifies me more than standing in front of 30 young people, desperately trying to keep them interested in what I’m saying.

After further discussions it was suggested that I might blog about my experiences as a young businesses owner and social entrepreneur, so that younger people might get a flavour of the kind of issues I face in a medium they understand.

I'm currently in my (late!) twenties and have built up several businesses ranging from car dashboards, software sales, website design and restaurants. My current project is a major charity arts event. I have a strong form of the learning difficulty dyscalculia, but hope to show others that the disorder can be overcome by effective coping strategies and a lot of confidence!

So here I am.