Attack Decay Sustain Release

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Technology

At risk of being accused of the geekiest blog post ever, I give you a very good punt at the title. (Although this is perhaps more autobiographical/social history than full-on tech gunk.) In the beginning there was only silence. As an 11 year old boy I sat at the my...

More Content Vicar?

by | Jun 11, 2009 | Technology

Thirst for content can, from time to time, expose a lot of bland nonsense. There are sites/content authors that mistake lists of obvious blurb for content. We all know who they are, I don’t need to name and shame (the list would be too long). A large part of the...

Stumbling Through Twitter

by | Jun 11, 2009 | Technology

StumbleUpon has, for many years now, been my way of finding new, interesting stuff on the Web. The stats today show that I have ‘Stumbled’ over 25000 times. It solved the problem of getting stuff you might like ‘pushed’ to you and removed the...

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...