Tag Archives: online

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Oct 10

The Plains Of Awkward Public Family Interactions And The Bay Of Flames

Posted on 8th October 2010 by Gary

Not content with pointing out the fun you can have with tracking your location, xkcd, the webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language has branched out into making maps. The updated map of online communities shows the volume of daily … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Genius or Desperation?

Posted on 4th March 2010 by Gary

I’m sorry Facebook but your ad targeting systems are wildly inaccurate and reduce that valuable screen estate to the right hand side of my browser window to irrelevant line noise. Google’s and Yahoo’s ad targeting is pretty darn good but … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

The Theory of Stuff

Posted on 1st February 2010 by Gary

Once again, this is not the post I set out to write. The one I set out to write was called “In Search of Location’s Sweet Spot” and it’s sitting in draft and not yet posted. That’s because before I … Continue reading →

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Oct 09

An Open Letter to Asda and Walmart

Posted on 24th October 2009 by Gary

This is an open letter to Andy Bond, Chief Executive of Asda and to Mike Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart. As a British citizen who travels a lot in the US I understand that the “customer service” ethos which is so … Continue reading →

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Aug 09

Online There’s More Than One of You

Posted on 25th August 2009 by Gary

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article on this blog that highlighted the issues around managing our digital identity. “Managing our digital identity through those sources we know about is a challenge for a significant percentage of the … Continue reading →

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