The secret to good mash – the Daily Mash at #smc_mcr
Originally posted over at Melbourne.co.uk. If you’re reading this, you probably got to it by reading one of our tweets, checking our Facebook page or maybe you’re even subscribed to this blog. All of...
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Has Twitter replaced your business card?
Originally posted at Melbourne.co.uk When we tweaked our visual identity a couple of months ago, whole stacks of little bits of paper scattered around the office suddenly became obsolete. Now that...
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Why SocITM surveys are destroying council websites and how to block them
If you’ve visited a local council website in the last few years, you’re very likely to have encountered a request to fill out a survey on how useful the site is to you. It’s great that councils and...
View ArticleApp of the week: Drawing the Cloud with Paper for iPad
Originally posted at Melbourne.co.uk There’s so much marketing guff about the cloud, often couched in dense, endless PowerPoints or thick PDF whitepapers. So for my talk at Business North West 2012, I...
View ArticleMake Twitter work for you – Digital Skills Workshop at the Cornerhouse
I recently did some training at the Cornerhouse on Twitter, as part of the Digital Skills Workshops they run. If you don’t know about these, they’re a great series of events where industry...
View ArticleMy £0.02 on who owns your Twitter followers
Yes! this has been utterly discussed to death. But I’ve got to have my say on this. I first started grinding my teeth about on this topic when Laura Kuenssberg, formerly BBC Chief Political...
View ArticleNew Age Media in dark age brand destruction exercise @newagemedialtd
This morning, Abid at Crafted Pixelz broke the news that a hitherto unknown digital marketing outfit in Stoke called New Age Media Ltd appeared to have been spamming Google Places reviews for the north...
View ArticleEnding over the air TV broadcasts will congest UK broadband even further
Originally published over at Melbourne.co.uk… The House of Lords has recommended ending the use of airwaves to broadcast TV and re-allocating this spectrum to mobile data usage. TV “should be delivered...
View ArticleWhat’s the value of a testimonial?
Originally published over at Melbourne.co.uk We’re lucky that lots of our customers recommend us to other people. And some of them kindly offer or agree to give us a few words for our website to share...
View ArticleReview of the HP (Hewlett Packard) v165 USB Flash Memory stick
As published on the product page… I selected this model on the basis of the fact it’s very small, has no flashing lights and carries a relatively huge capacity. I wanted to use this in my HP...
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Is the cloud the right fit for owner-managed businesses?
In 1919, a young man named Conrad bought a 40-room hotel in Cisco, Texas. It was a backup plan; he’d originally wanted to buy the town’s bank. The hotel did surprisingly well and, in 1925, he opened...
View ArticleMacclesfield – on the leading edge of digital
Until recently, my only knowledge of Macclesfield was of an unfortunately named supplies shop. And, of course, I’d heard the rumours about a Bond-villain style mansion owned by a certain global...
View ArticleLive your life in the cloud with 4G
I’m barely coherent without a coffee in the mornings. So it was fortunate that I nipped over to Teacup on Thomas Street before work for a cup of coffee and a spot of BBC Breakfast with Rory Cellan...
View ArticleThe Jubilee Time Capsule: 80,000 memories
Originally published over at Melbourne.co.uk Memories are precious. You can’t replace them. “Memories are what warm you up from the inside”, wrote Haruki Murakami. And throughout the 60 years of her...
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A great way to think big and uncover your company’s potential
Originally published over at Melbourne.co.uk In a company like ours, where we’re dealing with customers 24/7 and managing the day-to-day activities of the business, finding time to think about the...
View ArticleRoad safety on Great Ancoats Street, Manchester – letter to Councillor Mick...
Below is a letter I emailed to my local councillor, Mick Loughman, on 26 June 2013 (two weeks ago). As yet I’ve had no response. I believe politics should be open, so I wrote this letter privately and...
View ArticleIs now the right time for scan-and-go in supermarkets?
Sainsbury’s is resurrecting a new concept and trialling a scan and go solution for shoppers. The Next Web reports Sainsbury’s supermarket is trialing a new service called Mobile Scan & Go that...
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Joe Anderson’s folly: why scrapping Liverpool’s bus lanes will lead to more...
Followers on Twitter and transport geeks will be aware that Liverpool’s directly-elected mayor, Joe Anderson, recently decided to scrap bus lanes in the city. Anderson claims that bus lanes “simply...
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Google Chrome’s “Warn Before Quitting” preference doesn’t automatically sync
I recently set up my new work Mac and one of my first tasks was to download Google Chrome. Yes, Google is ‘evil’ and gives away my data to the NSA, but you can’t beat the convenience of having a...
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What does a ‘network attack’ look like?
Today, the popular content delivery network Akamai is reporting that ‘network attacks’ are 95%+ above ‘normal’. Screengrab from Akamai’s ‘real-time web monitor’ It’s hard to get a feel for what data...
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