Category Asides

Have a very social Christmas and a virtual New Year

At this time of year our thoughts may be of Santa Claus, children – red-cheeked from fistfuls of sweets – opening their gifts, the turkey that should have been put in the oven 6 hours ago to stand a chance of cooking properly, the forgotten essential ingredients, hosting the entire extended family, running out of [...]

Save ink and paper: never print anything again

Why would I want to clip and PRINT areas of my screen?

Marketing: smells more like ‘Snake Oil’ than ‘Teen Spirit’

A couple of weeks ago I happened to be in the living room when an edition of the BBC regional news programme “Inside Out” was on. One of the items was [yet another] study of ‘what consumers concentrate on’ using special glasses that show where they are focusing in a real-life environment…

It’s all or nothing with Google Wave

Having spent a few weeks wanting to test Google Wave…

Wednesday night TV

Wednesday night television has always been the worst night of the week for scheduling…