You are traffic Yes, it’s a marketing slogan, but I think it illustrates the way we think of ourselves. Each of us is the star of our own show. However empathetic we are, we only see through our eyes. As the world hits 7 billion people, it’s time to realise that there is not “an [...]
Stephen Fry has recently recorded a BBC podcast about the history of the mobile phone. It’s a really great series, and I encourage you to listen to it. At one point in episode 4, Stephen sings the Nokia ringtone. So, here it is for your edification, and delight. Feel free to set it as your [...]
To whoever is responsible for this QR code marketing monstrosity: go home. Seriously, pack up the tools of your trade, go home, pour yourself a stiff drink, and weep at what you have done. The Poster Here’s a fun game for all the family! Play “spot the QR code” on this poster… Bzzzzzt! Time’s up! [...]
When you create a QR code which contains a URL, it is vital that the code is not only as small as possible, but also as user friendly as possible. I’m not a massive fan of short URL services like bit.ly – but for shrinking the text you want to fit in a QR code, [...]
This is a great video all about the inappropriate use of QR codes. There’s one area where I think Scott Stratten is wrong – and that’s on the issue of QR codes where there is no signal. It’s a common trope to bemoan QR codes on the tube, or on an aeroplane – but I [...]
I’ve been investigating some rather nasty SMS spam. I have finally heard back from Switchfire, the SMS gateway who sent the message. According to them, the originator of the message was PeekabooTV.com. Take a look round that site – it hasn’t been updated since 2007, and the Contact page leads to a 404. A quick [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve just had solar panels installed! Because of Greg Barker MP’s idiotic decision to scrap the Feed In Tariff with only six weeks’ notice – we’ve had to get this done in rather a rush. Thanks to Angi and Philip at Sunny Future Solar, we were able to [...]
As many of you know, I worked for Vodafone for nearly 7 years. I left shortly before the “entirely legal and justified tax avoidance” scandal came to light. I didn’t know anything about the tax issues while I was working there – other than the fact I had some colleagues working in Luxembourg – otherwise [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, I hate SMS Spam. Last night, I received this unsolicited message. Now, I can try to unsubscribe using STOP ALL – and I have forwarded the text to VSPAM. But that’s not enough for me. I want to stop them sending any more spam SMS to anyone. Let’s do a little [...]
Bitcoin me! 1JDDn6cHgzqsRtgQJZwhToJPAX4oYZg19T If that “sentence” makes any sense to you – you’re not a muggle. Muggles (for want of a better epithet) don’t want to invest a lot of time into things which don’t fit with their mental model of how the world works. Without getting into a philosophical discussion on what money is [...]
It’s Time To Switch Banks are fucking us over. They gamble with our money, lose it, ask us for a bail out, lose more money, then ask us for yet another bail out! They are resisting even the very modest changes the government is imposing on them. No more. We have a very easy way [...]
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