When Google announced it would be switching off Google Reader, I have to admit that I was a bit surprised. Google Reader is as much part of my professional daily routine as email, my browsers, web stats, design, search and SEO tools.
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Another Open Letter to the CEO of Dixons/ PC World/ KnowHow
[NOTE: John Browett is no longer the CEO of Dixons Group. As of January 2012 it has been reported that he has joined, of all places, Apple!] Dear Mr Browett, I know you haven’t responded personally to any of my previous emails but I’m starting to feel very familiar with this ongoing relationship, so do you … Read more
The PC World (Don’t) KnowHow Saga Continues
Remember my open letter to PC World back in September? Well they promised to call within 72 hours and I heard nothing. Working for a small business and running another small business on the side has taken up so much of my time this year. From the 4th January until the 5th December I’d taken 3 … Read more
iPhone 5 – Managing Expectations
Apparently the life cycle of the iPhone 4 has been the longest yet; by that I mean that normally Apple announce new models at the WWDC in June, but with the 4 Oct “Let’s talk iPhone” event at Cupertino, they’ve overrun that cycle. With all the rumours of Apple buying up mass-manufacturing glass-cutting machinery, a … Read more
An Open Letter to the CEO of Dixons/ PC World/ KnowHow
[NOTE: John Browett is no longer the CEO of Dixons Group. As of January 2012 it was reported that he joined, of all places, Apple! But then he only lasted until October 2012. Sebastian James is the current CEO of DSG Retail, including PC World] Dear Mr Browett, Last year I was looking for a new … Read more
The PC World Update
Their TV ads are for three hundred, four hundred and five hundred pound laptops. I didn’t want one of those notebooks, that’s the value of the 2008 model I’m working on now and it doesn’t have the RAM, the desktop resolution, the LED display nor the quadcore processor amongst other little bonuses. That’s why I … Read more
You Never Know How Much You Appreciate Your Tech…
…Until it’s Gone So I know you’re going to take the piss here, me being a web designer/internet professional and all that, but I did buy my last laptop from PC World. I walked in to the Farnborough branch after my old laptop died a horrible hard-drive failure death in May/June 2010 and drooled over … Read more
SEOGuardian – SEO Keyword Tool
[This post starts on a relevant, lead-in tangent, but you can get straight to the point here] When Google Webmaster Central Blog posted Showing More results from a Domain back on Friday 20th August I thought to myself… That’s funny – I’d read, only 2 days prior, a blog post titled Google treating brand names … Read more
Stating the Obvious
I don’t know when I came up with the tag line “Stating the bleedin’ obvious since 1970” for this blog but I seem to recall it was a reaction to the level of hero worship that is afforded to those who merely… state the bleeding obvious. I’m talking about leading figures in the industry, in … Read more