Becoming better web informed

Today I visited ecommerce expo in London. It was interesting, not only for the presentations on social media but also to see the number of snake oil vendors still operating in the marketplace.

You know, the types of guys who’ll sell you a custom website for £4k (5 pages only, and SEO advice extra, of course) [...]

Messages

Sorry friends and family that I’ve been lying low for the past couple of weeks. Seems it was sinusitus – I haven’t been in that much pain since the wardrobe fell on my head back in Ivy Street. Now there’s an experience I’d forgotten about, actually.

Anyway, thanks to some prescription drugs and taking it easy, [...]

The problem with IT and Marketing

My dad runs his own business, I guess he employs around 30 or so people. I have worked for organisations where the IT dept alone is probably 10 times that size. And that’s not unusual for big organisations.

And having now worked for several large companies, I’m becoming more convinced that many companies of a large [...]

No time for feeling crook

Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to being sick I hate 2 things – taking painkillers and going to doctors. I prefer to just ride it out. And I hate not feeling well as it gets in the way of all the stuff I want to do.

Having a headache each morning makes [...]

My web 2 business idea

Lately I’ve been doing lots of future gazing and talking with smart, like-minded people about a range of web 2 business ideas.

Like several of my friends, I’ve come to the realisation that working for yourself has got to be more fun than working for others. The challenge though is in finding the right idea.

So the [...]