I recently gave my first Pecha Kucha style presentation. I’ve been wanting to for a while, ever since first seeing them at Geekup in Leeds, where the format generally involves much heckling and a trip to the bar if the subject really doesn’t grab you. … Read More →
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Online Recuitment 2009 – The year ahead
Thursday last saw me down in London for the day at a conference hosted by Enhance Media. Online Recruitment, The Year Ahead.I was accompanying a couple of my clients and it was an interesting day with some great presentations, in the pleasant surroundings of the Royal … Read More →
Job Bored
A few days ago I took a look at the soon to be launched search.co.uk, a job board from the people behind the Search recruitment consultancy.
Andrew makes some very valid points about the “revolutionary” nature of their offer, or lack thereof. But my first glance … Read More →
Planning holidays with Google MyMaps – an idiots guide.
This post may seem a bit, “well duh” to some of you, but it’s the kind of thing that you often see on a site like Lifehacker and think, “why didn’t I think of that..”, so what the hell, here we go:
For my last few … Read More →
Wordpress for iPhone!
Wordpress have been putting out teasers for their open source iPhone client for a couple of weeks now and I’ve been keeping one eye eagerly on the app store ever since.
Finally it’s here and I’m typing this post on my phone and do you … Read More →
iPhone 3G – launched, bought, but not there yet…
7.02am – Bradford, West Yorkshire, one hour until the O2 store opens and as I pull into the car park I notice quite a few cars. It’ll be the staff I tell myself as I round the corner and find a queue of 21 people … Read More →
BBC iPlayer goes up to 11!
So, there I was this evening, with unusually a free evening and nothing planned…and there’s nothing on television. Apart from Heroes later, but i’ve already recorded that. So I fired up the iPlayer to see if it had anything to offer.
Since I last looked (and … Read More →
Quintessentially British
There's something quite sweet about the message that you get from the BBC iPlayer if you've yet to download anything. Most software would say something like "0 programmes downloaded" or "Programme Library Empty", the BBC have gone for something a little more sweet and polite. It gives my inner pedant the same little frisson I get when I see the checkouts at M&S with their signs saying "5 items or fewer."
(No) cable on the line…
On the train down to London this weekend, we were joined by the passengers from several other trains making it, to use Victoria Wood's wonderful phrase, "nose to nipple" in the carriage.
Fortunately I was already seated, but I did a double take when the guard announced the reason for the overcrowding.
Not, as i'd assumed a broken down train. Instead, trains between York and Doncaster were not running due to a "Cable Theft", which as excuses go, is a pretty good one.
Much as we may, pardon the pun, rail against the high prices of train tickets in the UK, which…
Tesco, this time it’s personal(ish)
While we’re on the subject of dodgy direct mail. A couple of weeks back I got my latest Tesco clubcard statement. Yes, I know, I know, i’m giving all my personal data to the Tescopoly, but there are some infringements i’m willing to bear (and … Read More →
Dear British Telecom
We need to talk. Sure, we’ve had some good times but I feel like I’ve moved on as a person. It’s not me, it’s you and I’m sorry but…there’s someone else. I’ve been seeing another telecoms supplier.
At first it was just carrier pre-selection, I thought … Read More →
Google Map Markers – 1 to 36
Bit of a niche post this one, but thought i’d share in case it saves someone else some time. I’ve been noodling around with Google Maps over the past few days on a job which started simple and then rapidly got more complex (don’t they … Read More →