While I love playing with technology, that doesn't necessarily mean that I get it right all of the time (or even a lot of the time!)In my efforts to keep my phonebook backed up I managed to duplicate most of the contacts on my phone (some people appeared 5 times!!)Oddly enough my phone didn't know what to do with multiple instances of the same contact, so I never had a clue who … [Read more...] about Updating Your Address Book Can Be A Bit Traumatic
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Why I Won’t Be Attending The Golden Spiders
Although the company blog has been shortlisted for a Golden Spider this year I will not be attending the event.Why?Put simply the event's organisers appear to have serious communication issues.To start with we had to be told by a third party that we'd actually made the shortlist. Seemingly they contacted some of those shortlisted, but not all of them. Why? God only knows.Then I … [Read more...] about Why I Won’t Be Attending The Golden Spiders
Hangovers
I love parties and other social gatherings. They're great.What I don't love is the next day.The dreaded hangover.There's no point in complaining about hangovers, as they're entirely self-inflicted and I should know better (of course I don't!)Thankfully I have plenty of strong coffee to hand, so the effects will wear off .... eventually... … [Read more...] about Hangovers
Maybe We’re Too Connected?
I spend a silly amount of time online every week.I've got accounts on most of the mainstream social networks (God I hate that term!), as well as twitter, jaiku, loads of fora, mailing lists and of course instant messaging systems.My typical daily routine used to involve checking my email before I'd even had a shower in the morning, so this cartoon from XKCD brought a smile to … [Read more...] about Maybe We’re Too Connected?
Pet Hates – Emails With No Subject
Maybe some people only get a couple of emails a day... I know I don't.If you don't put a subject to your email I cannot know what it's about without opening it.This wastes my time and yours.A meaningful subject line means that I can prioritise the email, find it later or simply pass it onto the correct person.How hard can it be?Seriously … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Emails With No Subject