Michael Arrington of Techcrunch is making waves again: this time about how he intends to break embargoed press releases from now on. When I first heard about the idea of an embargoed press release, back in my early days as a junior internet marketing drone many moons ago, I was totally bewildered that such a […]
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File this post under ‘career limiting moves’. The problem with recruiters isn’t just a general lack of imagination, it’s the overly serious and humourless way they undertake their job (I can think of only one tremendous exception). Very few seem to have a maverick streak of human understanding, an instinctive feel for company culture or
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Can it be a year already? Well, it isn’t really, but a year ago today I signed the papers and took a flat in my hometown of Brighton and even though I didn’t completely relocate until after Christmas, it’s pretty much one whole year. Wow. No regrets. I can hardly imagine moving back to the
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Someone said I look like Robert Scoble today. Not sure. But I know for a fact that noone has ever seen Robert Scoble, Boris Johnson, Philip Seymour Hoffman and me in the same room. I think we should be told.
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Overheard. Two men and a woman in a pub: both fancy their chances with her. There has been much flirtation and a bit of bawdiness. Woman: So you’re a plumber. Man 1: He’s a heating engineer, there is a different. Woman: (Chastened) Oh. How’s business? Man 2: Shit. Man 1: He’s going to become a
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Here’s some of the stuff I’ve been reading lately: – Ivan Croxford looks at the problems of user reviews and star ratings. – Better Business Blogging provide a useful perspective on Why Negative Comments are Positive. – Quite liked these 3 absurdly easy ideas for tying together social media and email from Convince and Convert.
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Eyes down. Look in. I’ve published page about EmPwrOnline where I’ve gathered together a slection of links regarding this company as per my previous post. I’m concerned that people are being mislead, attending these seminars and getting sucked in by the plausible (but incoorect) story they tell. I’ll keep saying this until I’m blue in
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TameBay have confirmed what’s been rumoured for some time: eBay offices across Europe will close, teams are merging, jobs will be lost and operations are being streamlined and centralised in London and Switzerland. eBay Inc. announced in October that circa 10% of jobs would be cut from a marketplaces workforce of approx 10k. The good
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Finally, I managed to catch Question Time last week. It came from the Northern Irish city of Newry in County Down. Newry is a charming place set in a wondrous, sadly underrated, landscape. Close to my heart, it’s from Newry and thereabouts that my mum and her family come from and I spent a lot
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Mark Steel is the Jeremy Clarkson of the left. Just cleverer. And funnier. And not so naff. And much better dressed. Steel’s book, What’s Going On? is hilarious but as a humour book it’s strangely unsatisfactory. It’s about the degeneration of a relationship, the decline of the left as a force in British politics and
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Yes, I read Iain Dale: the Conservative party’s unofficial blogger-in-chief. He’s a good writer and a great blogger but I am bewildered that he sticks with ‘blogspot’. Pony. He shared Gordon’s Christmas card and it made me titter. Hat tip.
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When it comes to showbiz, I like schmaltz. I’ve liked schmaltz even more since I learnt it was a jewish/yiddish term for goose, chicken or pork fat. That’s what you need to add a bit of fun, luxury, shine and excitement to a dish. Showbiz is the same. I like schmaltz. So, I’ve been enjoying
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There was little evidence of a frenzy in Woolies on Western Road in Brighton. In fact, this afternoon it wasn’t any more busy than it is on a busy Saturday in the run up to Christmas anyway and there was still plenty of stuff up for grabs. I didn’t buy anything but some people were
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The BBC has published a cute mini-Eleven Plus that gives a taste of the test that determined the futures of British children for three decades. An Eleven Plus pass sent you to Grammar School and fail meant the tech or secondary modern. Of course, I should pass the Eleven Plus. I have two decades on
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