Twitter and the #fixreplies Issues

by | May 13, 2009 | Technology

There has been a lot of Twitter-chat today about the change that was introduced by Twitter that stopped people seeing ‘@’ replies from people who they weren’t following.There was a lot of moaning and groaning throughout the day and later news...

So You Want To Start A Company

by | May 5, 2009 | Technology

So you want to start a company. Good for you. No, seriously, it will be good for you. Although there will inevitably be times when it will feel exactly the opposite. At the very beginning, the immediate problems are obvious “I need product, I need customers, I...

Picking a Company or Product Name

by | Apr 30, 2009 | Technology

So, you have an idea for a business or product. How do you come up with a name? Here’s a few tips.1. Pick a word you like and look it up in a foreign language.There are many online dictionaries for this. Look for something memorable, that has an obvious hook and...

Caution : Optimism ahead

by | Apr 28, 2009 | Technology, zeitgeist

It’s good to be optimistic. And I love people with great drive and belief. But there is, unfortunately, a limit on how far a wave of optimism can take you up the beach before sucking you back into the shark-infested depths.My problem, as has often been pointed...

How to Write Better PowerPoint Presentations

by | Apr 23, 2009 | Technology

Everyone moans about it, but you can’t get away from it. People use PowerPoint a lot. And, for the most part, the issue isn’t with the tool itself. It is far more to do with how people use it. I’ve been suffering this for too many years now, so this...