Xkcd's latest cartoon pretty much sums up how I feel about a lot of this social media rubbish that you keep reading about.Although the prize for most offensively described event has to go to IT@Cork with their idiotic description of an event to "increase an organisation's IQ"! Talk about marketing speak gone insane! … [Read more...] about Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously
Door Wedges Can Be Fun
There's no reason why ordinary household objects can't be a bit of fun.I've got several boring door wedges that I use when I need to give the house a bit of an airing (like today!), but I'd be tempted to get a couple of these for a laugh:More info here … [Read more...] about Door Wedges Can Be Fun
Procrastination – A Short Film
Mailing List Moderation Is Wrong
I've mentioned the rather stupid way in which Enterprise Ireland mismanage their ebusiness mailing list.My previous comments were primarily aimed at the "anonymity", which I felt was problematic on a number of levels.But what about the actual editing and twisting of people's words?When I write an email, an article or a blog post I do so consciously. I may, from time to time, … [Read more...] about Mailing List Moderation Is Wrong
Site Downtime Tomorrow
Image via WikipediaThis site, and several others, will be offline for up to an hour tomorrow. The server already got a RAM upgrade recently, but it's now getting a CPU upgrade.While the performance of this site and most of the others on here hasn't been an issue there are one or two sites that might perform a bit better with slightly beefier hardware. In any case I thought it … [Read more...] about Site Downtime Tomorrow