I was down in Cork over the weekend, as my family hadn't seen me since Christmas.As it was my birthday the previous weekend they'd a couple of little things for me - never a bad thing!My sister, who is about ten years younger than me, seems to have an uncanny knack at finding me really cool presents. She got me a gorgeous Lord of the Rings mug from the souvenir shop at the … [Read more...] about Late Birthday Presents Rock
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Surprise The Client – Marketing With Impact
I'm subscribed to a lot of mailing lists, bulletin boards, RSS feeds etc.,As a result I get a lot of email everyday.For an email to have impact it has to be special in some way.Warner Brothers did that today.I got an email earlier today with the subject line: "A Birthday Gift For You!". It's my birthday on Sunday, so they got that right. However the email itself wasn't yet … [Read more...] about Surprise The Client – Marketing With Impact
What are the current hot topics?
What are the current hot topics in technology and more specifically, the internet?Web 2.0 was a hot topic. Is it still?Social networking? That's been around for quite some time, as has blogging, so they're probably not that "hot" and newsworthy as they might have been 18 months ago.What about micro-formats? All this talk of Jaiku (and how broken it's become since the takeover) … [Read more...] about What are the current hot topics?
Email Standards Compliance Yahoo Good – Google Bad
It seems that Yahoo is going to make an effort to comply with standards for their webmail service, which is excellent news.Of course in typical "we know better" fashion it sounds like Google is ignoring standards yet again. Of course they still hide the source IPs as well ...If you just send plain text email then none of this will probably matter that much to you, but once you … [Read more...] about Email Standards Compliance Yahoo Good – Google Bad
Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear
I'm not a car fan, but I do appreciate engineering feats combined with gorgeous design.The Bugatti Veyron is a monster of a machine and can hit over 400 Km / hour at top speed. Of course the problem with any of these super cars is finding somewhere to actually run them at that speed. It's not likely to happen on a normal motorway!The Top Gear team are always trying crazy things … [Read more...] about Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear