Scallywags on the loose!

Crumbs! It’s only Wednesday and already there’s drama aplenty! Yesterday, our office was broken into. Luckily, we were fully alarmed, linked through to the local police station etc.; and therefore no damage was done, apart from a very broken window. Lesson 1: there are scallywags on the loose - and all this credit crunching is going [...]

Online- considerably safer than houses

A couple of posts ago, I mentioned my foolhardy decision to move office. I have, of course, opened up a can of worms, but it’s all part of the process of running a business. I do, however, have to do some serious thinking, and as well as embarking on a world tour of what were [...]

Listmania- Ten great online business services

Everyone loves lists, and every now and then I’m going to compile one. It’s what slightly obsessive men do on a Sunday afternoon instead of putting their CD collections in alphabetical order. Here’s a list of ten wonderful online business services. Get networking. I mean business networking, not laying computer cables. LinkedIn has stormed ahead [...]

Physician, heal thyself (a.k.a. the Hard Drive Episode)

So I have been writing about technology for small businesses for about fifteen years now, and I ought to- just occasionally- follow my own advice… For some six months now, I have used a chunky network hard drive for storing a bunch of stuff- articles, podcasts etc. You know- the things that I actually get [...]