I belong to a newsgroup for bloggers on Linked In. Many of the members use blogging to drive and support their business, so there is a lot of great information passed around about what makes a good post, how to advertise, how to get traffic. One of the things suggested is the equivalent of of […]
Offers in comments for millions
I’m now getting comment spams offering me millions if only I transfer somebody’s money out of Ghana – does this mean that it has been got out of Nigeria and is now stuck there? The email address is from a Mr Morgan, who thinks he is “Barrister:EVANS AHMED.A solicitor at law” personal attorney to Mr.B.J.Jordan […]
Schmap Photos
I, along with a number of other bloggers, have been receiving Flickr mails asking us if some of our photos can be used in some new city guides from Schmap. It builds on the geotagging move in Flickr in some way, adding images to maps. The email links through to an ‘approval’ approval page, where […]
It’s Cold
It is so very very cold here, as the weathermen keep saying a wind chill factor down into the teens, whic I translate as far too many digits below zero and just cold. I need to walk 5 blocks to the office and I suffer. On the way I stopped off in Barnes and Noble […]
Feb Geek Dinner
I forgot to post this! Went to the Paul Boag Geek dinner last Thursday and had a really good time. THe venue and food were good, and the speach was well worth listening too – Paul did a very good job of answering some challenging questions about web 2.0. The key thing from his speach […]
What Real women want
The discussion between Gia and Anina has been interesting, as both try to explain their position to the other. Gia has now posted a list of what she thinks women shold do… I have no time for women who think that the be all and end all of existence is looking pretty and being nice. […]
Arrived
Finally arrived…a good trip, just marred by the longest wait and lines I’ve had at JFK. SItting in a very cool hotel in Manhattan where at least the wifi is free in the lobby bar- where a drink is just marginally cheaper than paying for the connection in the room. Seems like Nicole is also […]
waiting
waiting Originally uploaded by RachelC. Waiting on the tarmac to board my flight to new york. Only took forty minutes from leaving the house to be sitting in the lounge..But nearly did not make it as i frantically searched for a passport. I thought for a moment i had left it at work but finally […]
Party
Party Originally uploaded by RachelC. Last night I had a small party at work to celebrate my leaving. At the end of the night. just the 4 of us were left. With the remains of the tab, we celebrated with Dom Perignon champagne and Johnnie Walker Blue Label. There are more photos here and here.
Google Page Creator
This did not get off to a good start…having default purple layout is enough to make me quit the screen very quickly. And when I went to change the colour scheme, it decided to throw a wobbly. Second time round, it behaves…and so I produce this. Very bad, no thougth what so ever, but in […]
Edgeio Listing
For Sale…or to give away One old, fold down dining table, free to a good home. Will deliver locally. West London Listing, Furniture, table edgeio-key: 9a56da35144c85504c996353b873ff167bf84965
Edgeio listings
Edgeio is an interesting idea. A start up from Mike Arrington from TechCrunch it utilises the increasing spread of tags to drive a listing service. Posting information on your own blog and tagging the post with listing will cause it to be picked up by the service and added to the lists. Having the web2.0 […]
Productivity Experiment
If we stopped all web access at work (excepting email and company sites) would productivity go up or down?
Children’s Tales
At work, a few of the team have children and recently they’ve hit the web generation gap. The team all remember LBW, Life Before Web, and have embraced the new world to various degrees. Not so the kids – they know nothing else. Two dads in the team have recently come in with tales of […]
4 Generations
4 Generations Originally uploaded by RachelC. A family gathering – 4 generations of the family, with the youngest being 2 week old Joshua. He’s the first boy born in the direct family for 60 years. My mother immeidately wished she’d cleaned up – but this is what you get with a 5 year old and […]
Global Flyer Tracking
Joaquin from Metal Toad Media added a comment about a movie version of the trip tracker from Global Flyer’s recent flight…fast fast run through of the trip. (but needs a slow down button…the countries zoom past very quickly).
Guinness Great Britain Starts Blogging
Disclaimer: I still work for this company (but only for the next 2 weeks…) so this is little bit of an ad for a site, but thought it would be interesting to share some of the process behind the scenes and the challenges of digital marketing in an alcohol company. Over at guinnessblog.co.uk you’ll find […]
Women In Technology Network
Last night I attended a networking event run by Women In Technology, with the topic of Flexibility in the workplace. There were 2 very different keynote speakers, a panel debate and then a chance to eat and drink and chat. Eileen Brown was up first, talking about how technology helps her be flexibile in the […]
Microsoft Office Stickers
Talking about Microsoft (well, sort of) they had a particularly lame attempt yesterday at marketing the new Office Suite in Waterloo Station. The station has been decked out in banners and posters and great big floor stickers with the Dinosaur campaign all over it. (It’s big in the papers as well) And to bring this […]
Scoble and the Brrreeeport
Scoble’s test of blog Search Engines is now giving 235 posts on Technorati with the made up word in and has driven the search to the top of Technorati’s list. Interesting word – I have to check the spelling everytime I try and write it. – of course, it means that’s probably the only word […]