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  • Faceparty: A different approach to customer service

    I was just reading a post “Jaw Droppers of 2008 – What they’d rather you forgot” on The Register where they recap the most embarasing moments from the past 12 months. The bit about an online community I’d never heard of before named Faceparty, and how they dealt out their customer service is priceless and…

  • Unsocial Networks: Or why Facebook has got it wrong as Open Social is the Future

    It’s 5am and the dawn chorus has started in my back garden, but I don’t mind, as it got me thinking (which is sometimes a bad thing), so I’m wide awake now! The future for social networks is portability, I want the same freedoms online that I have in the real world, I want to…

  • Lightbulbs & Lasers

    bing! the lightbulb illuminates when you have your idea, it’s a killer idea, it’s going to change everything, it’s really cool, you almost can’t believe that no one has ever thought of this before, so sit there & bask in it’s warm glow for a while and let others join you to share in this…

  • Give Credit Where It’s Due

    In an interview discussing the Hollywood fixation with the Prius, on a recent episode of Top Gear,  Jay Leno (with his tongue firming pressed against his cheek), said  “In America, we like everyone to know, about all the good work we’re doing anonymously!?” OK he was joking, but actually he wasn’t that far off the…

  • Nobody Reads My Blog

    I think my staff are trying to tell me something with my Secret Santa present this year!? So I thought I’d share this photo between the two or us! Of course if they were really trying to help, they could of added my URL underneath.

  • Be Effective

    As a classic INTJ through and through I hate ineffeciency, it’s a pet hate and I strive to remove it from many aspects of my business, but I’ve just spent a couple of very informative days brain storming & discussing future strategies for the Cordovan Group with the board members along with Prof David Drennan.…

  • Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld

    At first this may appear as an irrelevant press release, but upon reflection it’s actually very telling of how media relations are changing in light of social media & web 2.0 plus the effect it’s having on the live events industry. Although Apple appears to rely entirely on it’s website & blanket media advertising for…

  • Fine Line

    “Drawing the line is easy, not stepping over it is the difficult bit” Brendan Mitchell

  • Stephen Fry on Twitter

    I happened to drop by Stephen Fry’s Twitter stream last night and it really made me chuckle, I could just imagine him sitting there cursing the damned Sony Vaio in front of him. I understand his contempt for the thing, I keep well away from the things (I’ve probably only racked up around 10hrs of…

  • Fakebook: Koobface Virus

    If you use Facebook, then you should read this article from the BBC about the Koobface virus that has been playing havoc on Facebook. Below is a snippet of the article, but follow the link to read it all on the BBC site. ‘Koobface’ spreads by sending a message to people’s inboxes, pretending to be…

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