I was just catching up on my blog reading, which is something I've been doing less and less of over the last while. Today seems to be a day filled with spam related news. Head Rambles has a very amusing post about a badly worded phishing mail. As can be expected he's taken a potential annoyance and turned it into a hilarious incident. Darren "ProBlogger" Rowse mentions a new … [Read more...] about Spam Spam Spam and more Spam
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Running A Business Is Fun When Things Break
I enjoy business. I enjoy pressure and stress and the lack of sleep.... Well I sort of do, but not all of the time. This afternoon I had to email a large number of our clients directly as a result of a programming glitch: We Made A Mistake - Sorry! I don't like it when we screw things up. It undermines the work we've put in to build up our business to date and I always take … [Read more...] about Running A Business Is Fun When Things Break
BarCamp Belfast This Weekend
Just a reminder to people that BarCamp Belfast is on this weekend. I'd love to be going, but I am meant to be down in Cork for another (non-technical) event We'll be there in spirit anyway :) … [Read more...] about BarCamp Belfast This Weekend
More Irish Business Abusing The Internet?
If you want to do something dodgy online there are ways to do it without getting caught. Of course some people obviously think that they won't get caught and try some really dumb things. Damien got crap service from an Irish company recently and blogged about it. There are several ways that the company in question could react to this kind of situation, but obviously someone in … [Read more...] about More Irish Business Abusing The Internet?
Usability Testing – Worth The Investment?
I don't like buzzwords. In fact I'd almost go so far as to say that I loathe them. Of course I do use them - it's really hard not to. For the last 7 years or so I've been subscribed to Jakob Nielsen's newsletter. I missed a few issues over the years due to moving emails around (I have a tendency of doing that!), but I've always found his reports to be thought provoking. We're … [Read more...] about Usability Testing – Worth The Investment?