The Golden Spiders site was relaunched today. First off I have to say it looks a hell of a lot better than the last one. The last one was dire. The new site looks like someone actually went to the trouble of designing it. So what do we look at? The site or the awards themselves?Well, the site is the first thing that you are going to see if you are interested in any form of … [Read more...] about Golden Spiders Relaunch – Dialup Users Need Not Apply
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Pet Hates – “Clever” Bloggers
Just on my way to bed ...Don't ask!I've recently started reading feeds again (I had cut back quite a bit) and I've started reading some of the more "hip" ones.One thing I've noticed is that only a tiny portion of bloggers have any original content. Most of them are rehashing other people's content WITHOUT citing the source.I don't have time to read every single "in" blog / news … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – “Clever” Bloggers
What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?
These days mobile phones do a lot more than simply make telephone calls.Personally I really on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning and to keep me there (multiple alarms!).I haven't got a huge number of contacts in my phone, but the ones I have are probably going to be quite hard to replace.I got an email earlier today from a colleague in industry who is obviously … [Read more...] about What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?
Blogging For Dummies – Check Your Comments
If you are running a high profile blog people will submit comments.If you don't act on the comments ie. moderating them so that they get published (or marked as spam) people will get annoyed, frustrated and simply move on.It doesn't take that much time to check comments and if you don't do it why the hell are you even pretending to run a blog? To jump on the web 2.0 fanboy … [Read more...] about Blogging For Dummies – Check Your Comments
Skype Excuses Not Accepted By All
I'm not much of a Skype user these days. I have it installed on my desktops and laptop, but I use it mainly for instant messaging, as some of my contacts don't use ICQ, MSN, AIM, Y! or IRC. Last week's outage seems to have upset quite a few people and I feel sorry for them. Though why so many people are that dependent on a free service is kind of disturbing. So this morning … [Read more...] about Skype Excuses Not Accepted By All