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 have improved [...]
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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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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 known [...]
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Today, I took delivery of a spanking shiny new HTC TyTN II phone.
Whilst everyone is raving about the Apple iPhone, I think this knocks the spots off anything else. The iPhone may look nice, but so does Paris Hilton – to a certain type of gentleman in a certain light – and would she be [...]
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