Clive was out at a job today – at Angels Desserts – and as part of his “Photo a Day” project he posted a photograph of the mince pies he got from them. Clives Blog – Walking – Mobile Technology – Photography – and Stuff I Like. Clive and I had some with our lunch and […]
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Clive is very fond of saying that we understand email like most people understand postage stamps. It’s a bit of a throwaway phrase which doesn’t mean an awful lot but is very memorable, I think you’ll agree! However, the main problem is that few of his listeners will realise quite how much of a big
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We bang on and on about protecting your data by backing it up securely, installing firewalls and virus protection, using passwords and encryption and so on. But many companies completely forget about the risks posed by their own staff – what we call insider threat. And those outsiders interested in your data will find it
There’s a well-respected theory that self-help books for women, and cookery programmes for men, fulfil the same purpose. Those that indulge feel that reading the book or watching the programme actually constitutes doing the thing. I’m just as bad as anybody else, of course. I read a lot of business books, both on and off-line.
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Are you the kind of person who likes mind maps? Or do you prefer a bulleted list with shoulder headings, sub-headings and so on? The two are not so very different, although mind maps seem to be associated with more arty types. I think this is mainly because you can add sub-headings and sub-sub-headings in
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I don’t know about you, but I get very frustrated sometimes, trying to set up meetings with several different people. All those emails chasing back and forth, and having to keep on top of it. Anyway, I’ve now found a free-to-use application online (small charge for a smartphone app), to which I can sub-contract a
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Yesterday evening I attended a meeting of the Lincolnshire Digital Business Cluster Group on behalf of Octagon Technology. The meeting was about the rollout of “superfast broadband” throughout Lincolnshire and this is where you come in dear reader. It seems that BT will put in the required infrastructure if we can demonstrate that the demand
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Ever got fed up with those ‘phishing’ emails which offer you your own domain name for renewal when you know you don’t normally deal with those people? Worse still, have you ever lost a domain name because you were not warned that the registration period was about to expire? Then you found that your main
BBC – Newsbeat – Warning over scam that charges users to receive texts. This article is full of great advice for anyone with a mobile phone – I am going to discuss this with my teenage son tonight. On the subject of sharing personal information Cory Doctorow has a thought-provoking article in the Guardian that is worth
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