Shri Mahesh has cleverly put together a wiki for blogging eBayers. It’s for staff past and present and a good idea, and hopefully a good way of keeping eBay staff in touch. There’s certainly a lot of interesting stuff being said and done… and the wiki has only just begun. In particular, I was interested […]
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A few people have asked me what I’ve been up to, so I thought I’d blog about it. In the past few weeks I’ve been working with BT on their new project – BT Tradespace. BT Tradespace is potentially very powerful new business network that firms all over the world can plug into and find
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The papers never get it right. The eBay numbers that is. So it’s worth revisiting them every now and again, especially since eBay reported Q406 and full 2006 numbers last week. It is dazzling how big eBay is. I’ve pulled this info from the earnings call, a transcript of which lives here. To the end
Hot of the Press, I’ve just received the 2007 eBay University dates. I’m personally planning to attend them all: hopefully see you there. Only 4 this year which I’m sure indicates that they will be bigger, with a different format and more exhibitors, networking opportunites and sessions. Keep an eye out for more info on
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eBay fraud is big news. It does happen, of course it does, but it’s nowhere close to the sensational levels that warrant a front page expose in the Sunday Times. You can read the article here. I certainly don’t think shill bidding is ‘widespread’. In fact, in my experience with eBay, shill bidding is not
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The story has been in all the papers, but I am grateful to Cian for this incisive, short and not too gimpy description of the benefits of the much praised iPhone. Here you go: Why ayePhone.
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I’m a huge fan of the BBC journalist Peter Day. He presides over the brilliant Radio 4 programme In Business and is often to be heard on the World Service. He’s an intelligent broadcaster seeking out the new with an amazing ability to ask that killer question or pursue an incisive hunch. His latest In
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I’m not that proud for noticing this: I’m not the lovely Lynne Truss and I fully accept that we all make typos. In general, I’m pretty forgiving. But I couldn’t resist pointing out this tiny mistake from the Costa Book Awards. They really ought to know better after all.
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It’s not big or clever but for a giggle and a few fun filled moments, Hate My Tory is a lovely diversion.
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In the Second World War as the Allies were planning for D-Day and other missions they often put out pleas to the country for pictures and photographs of places of potential military importance: the coast of northern France was a favourite. People would send in their holiday snaps and the photographs would be collated to
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Pixelotto looks like it might be picking up but MMMZR has fallen at the first hurdle with its founder crying off citing losses and complaining about lawyer’s fees. So what’s next from the flurry of ‘magic traffic driving’ sites? The latest on the bandwagon is New Yorker Itzhak Schier aka ZiQui Million and the Million
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I’m still trying to get a refund from SNCF for a ticket I bought but didn’t use in May. It was a right palava trying to transfer my broadband with BT (if you’ve ever heard the Marcus Brigstock sketch about the very same, it was just like that) and I’ve lost count of the number
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My chum Alex Schultz has been bigging up youtube-a-like Revver for a few months now. As ever he’s blocks ahead of me, but I’ve been taking a few minutes to explore it and get a feel for the site and I must say, Mr Schultz is right. Revver is rather good. See Alex’s latest comment
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The net lets you peer into previously hidden and private spaces. But having a look at the myspace profile of the man at the centre of current suspicion for the multiple murders of women in Ipswich, is a stark example of how the net can change the contact and view we have of people. Certainly,
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