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Entries from July 2008

Why I hate Yahoo right now…

July 31st, 2008 · Comments

I totally accept that part of this problem is my responsibility. I’ve been on the web for a long time, and I should know enough by now to make sure I don’t lose user names and passwords. But when I’m stupid enough to make a mistake, do I have to be punished by losing a [...]

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Tags: Funny

Twitter shakes the ground under major news websites: How they have to adapt

July 30th, 2008 · Comments

It’s happened again. Yet again, an earthquake has occurred, this time in the U.S. – and yet again I found out about it from Twitter as it happened, rather than from one of the news websites minutes later. In fact, I’d even reported on it, and uploaded an image from Twitter to 140char.com before the [...]

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Tags: journalism · twitter

Sometimes you see marketing everywhere…

July 29th, 2008 · Comments

Sometimes it seems I do little other than see, hear, plan or produce marketing. Whether it’s a flyer through my door, an email in my inbox, or a message via a social network, I’m receiving a huge amount – and there’s even more via snail mail, TV, radio etc.
But sometimes something simple stands out, and [...]

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Tags: marketing

Back on the Google map…

July 28th, 2008 · Comments

I didn’t get as much time to blog over the weekend as I planned, due to a child with the sniffles. But in the background, my Google Page Rank has returned!
And I did at least manage to find out why Google Analytics wasn’t working for the last couple of weeks. It appears trying to add [...]

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Tags: Blogging