Google+=giveusallyourdata

I thought it was generally understood that lifespan on the web is pretty transitory. Yes, there are a few stayers such as delicious, flickr, twitter, facebook, etc. But as myspace proved, there are no guarantees. What people seem to struggle to relinqu…

Sherlock and Einstein on linkedin …

Its nice to see Albert finally made it onto linkedin … check the screenshot – my latest Linkedin recommendations list – comes under heading of WTF Nice to see a site as serious as linkedin, has a sense of humour! Well, I assume it was…

“Fast” food

There is this scene in Fawlty Towers in “The Hotel Inspectors” episode, which epitomizes what I see in terms of current english service in takeaway food places. In the scene, Manuel comes into the dinning room with a load of napkins. He the…

Oh the sad pettiness of website owners …

Oh the sad pettiness of website owners who get a bad review – are you teenagers? Maybe you should just blub in your pillow about that awful man who slated your service in his grumpy-old-man blog. Using email attacks is a very common method, but …

You tube 500 error

500 Internal Server Error Sorry, something went wrong. A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. If you see them, show them this information: GzJYiSRk0tzxGxxPwsjubPPMtG-PxlcHROnLMl22gFwIxkfpj9RbfMj4V0l5 1B3yhAGpL…

Tell me what to think, I am too stupid

Sign or fine – the modern British way to deal with problems.  A large amount of council investment is in signs, which they believe is the best way to address modern problems such as anti-social behaviour, smoking, littering, what the green man o…

Agency speak (or when to put the phone down)

I saw your CV on [Jobserve/Jobsite/Monster/Linkedin etc] …. I am bored, and trying to fill my day by searching cv’s, and contacting people in vague hope I will get a lead, or at the very least polish up my sales talk. So what is [Enter tech…