Category Archives: business

My New Year’s Resolution - White Inbox Every Night

31 December 2008 – 8:14 pm

I’m setting myself a few New Year’s Resolutions for 2009.
They’ll also be New Years’ Resolutions. Note the apostrophe placement because some of these things are just too good for only one year.
One of them relates to email.
Email is a blessing and a curse for me. Recently - OK, for the last few years actually - [...]

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Sock And Awe Google Analytics (Just A Flash In The Pan?)

20 December 2008 – 7:16 pm

After the Bush/Shoe incident, anyone who’d spent even a few moments in eccentric corners of web knew there would be a creative response online. And it came. Wired has a summary of the shoe-inspired games and animations.
So Sock And Awe wasn’t the only Flash game based on the Bush/Shoe event. But it was the best.
Now [...]

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Peace and Love, the Ringo way

14 October 2008 – 7:08 pm

Is it me or is this possibly the worst PR ever?

This clip has been broadcast today by TV and covered by loads of media - and counting.
It’s a great example of how NOT to communicate.
Whatever you think of Ringo Starr as a musician, he has worked hard over a span of five decades to build [...]

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Don’t panic! Your money is safe!

10 October 2008 – 5:39 pm

Thanks for the peace of mind, Alliance and Leicester.
But if you’re going to reassure web visitors that everything will be A-OK financially, make sure you know how to spell important-sounding terms like “market capitalisation”.

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