Blogger or marketer - your choice.
I encounteredthis article in my Twitter feed today, and to be honest it bought a lump to my throat. No, not that good sort of lump - the sort that makes you want to run for the bathroom. Let me start…
Tagged: personal-stuff
It's for our own good....
And I'm sure that Twitter will not be doing anything else - at least not yet - https://joepritchard.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Twitter.pngwith their code when they're making the Twittersphere sa…
Your email address CAN be harvested from Facebook...a heads up!
Or...yet another reason to watch who you befriend.... Facebook attempts to be what's known in the online world as a 'Closed Garden' - interactions with the rest of the Internet are restricted somewhat…
The further perils of real time search...
A short while ago I wrote a couple of posts about the issues around Real time Search (How important is Real Time Searchand Google and the Dead Past) - that is, Internet based searches that include Int…
Just for today...
This is something I came across many moons ago, and is one of the most useful 'secular prayers' that I've ever come across. It originated with Alcoholics Anonymous and it's a most useful approach to …
Internet access a 'fundamental right'?
I would say that I'm something of an 'online person' I ran a Bulletin Board 'the hard way' in the late 1980s / early 1990s using a phoneline, a modem and a PC at home, and have been on the Internet in…
Twitter - the medium is NOT the message!
Regular readers of my 'jottings' might recall a recent post of mine in which Idebated the value of Tweeted Wisdom. Always one to consider returning to the scene of past musings, I was today motivated…
Keep your tank full!
Some years ago when I was engaged (in a small way) in the movie industry I read a rather interesting book of advice to low budget (or zero budget) film makers. One of the most useful things I read w…
Sturgeon's Law
Following on from a recent post when I commented on the quality of Web 2.0 'user generated content' I started thinking about the continued validity of Sturgeon's Law- usually stated as '90% of everyth…
Google predict the end of desktop PCs....
When I started in IT, I encountered a program called 'The Last One'). It was a menu-driven application generator that allowed a non-programmer to specify the sort of system they wanted (within a limi…