Posted on April 19, 2010 by Nick
Tomorrow, there will be an empty chair in our office. A stray tumbleweed will gently play across a desk. Sands will slowly envelop the three-tier trays. For Eamonn, my Producer, is stranded in Chicago. Like several hundred thousand other people, the Icelandic volcaninc eruption and subsequent flight embargo means he’s going nowhere; most likely until [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2010 by Nick
I’ve covered lots in this blog about various online trends, but for some reason I’ve never really looked at online security. Actually, I do know why I haven’t looked at security. It’s because I think I’m pretty clever, and I wouldn’t fall for a scam. Which is why I was gobsmacked to be told that [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by Nick
You know those green shoots of recovery? And the endless discussion about whether it’s a “U” shaped recession, or a “V” shaped recession (or, the one which I think is correct – a “W” shaped recession)? Yup – we’ve all got an opinion, but there’s a lot of unpredictability in the air right now. And [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Nick
As I write, London is yet again under the cosh of a tube strike. It’s a proper pain for me. We have eight guests turning up for a TV studio session – studios which don’t come cheap, and don’t come with a refund, either. I am a huge fan of London’s transport system. Our buses [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2009 by Nick
I’m not usually a fan of Human Resources departments. It’s not particularly the people who become HR consultants (there’s nothing congenitally wrong with ‘em); no – it’s the fact that I think it’s rather hard to bat for both sides at the same time. When times are good, there’s nothing to worry about. But when [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Nick
That title won’t make any sense to you if you don’t like The Beach Boys, but today’s post is all about maps. I don’t remember the last time I actually unfurled a real map, so I thought it might be handy to re-investigate the cool mapping tools which are helping businesspeople get around every day. [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by Nick
I had a conference call with the US today (not a client, unfortunately, just an educational listen-in). At some stage I’m going to do a proper investigation of VoIP tools – that’s making calls over the internet, to you and me- but let’s just do a brief whizz through for now. Skype is the best [...]
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