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On The New Polymath…and an offer you can't refuse

June 25, 2010 Innovation

One of the underlying themes of this blog is the notion that those who read it want to change the world. They are a relatively small but important number who disrupt for the broader good. If you’re thinking about the upcoming holiday period and are a disruptor or perhaps you’re curious then I’d suggest getting [...]

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Is ICAEW failing?

June 10, 2010 Innovation

A couple of days ago I was pinged on Twitter: @dahowlett you should talk to @cheapaccounting about this worthy campaign – http://bit.ly/ca7Cth The worthy campaign in question is What Is An Accountant? that CheapAccounting (what an awful name?) is running. My response was that this is where IACEW/ACCA/CIMA and others fit in. I don’t want [...]

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When GMail seems to have issues friends can save you

May 25, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

As someone who does not have a printer and tries to do as much in the Internet cloud as is possible, I’ve come to rely on certain services. One of those is GMail. It sits at the centre of my world. So when over the last few days I started to notice ‘odd’ behavior I [...]

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Out with iPhone (almost) in with Blackberry Bold 9700

April 9, 2010 General

Regular readers may be shocked to learn that I am switching my day to day mobile to a Blackberry Bold 9700. Long story short, I managed to brick my iPhone when the operating system was upgraded to OS3.1.3. It was entirely my own fault for not reading carefully enough. Despite having an 02 chip for [...]

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Lessons from today's Budget coverage

March 24, 2010 Innovation

Today’s early UK Budget coverage was interesting at multiple levels. Last year everyone pretty much settled on #budget09 as the Twitter hashtag. This year, HM Government used #budget10 but many wanted to use #budget2010. That caused some confusion but it didn’t worry CoverItLive which can aggregate a good number of hashtags. Outside of mainstream media, [...]

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Alan Lewis: the best accountants website – ever

March 4, 2010 Marketing

How often do you see an accountant’s website that doesn’t look like an accountant’s website? I’m willing to bet that almost never occurs. How often have you heard me bitching about crappy professional websites? Plenty. The one you see above represents a small Australian practice, Alan Lewis Accountants. You can see from this snapshot the [...]

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What's up at the IoD?

March 1, 2010 General

I see that Dan Martin pointed to an IoD post entitled Google Buzz – Good for Business? Interesting you might think until you read through. What’s wrong with the piece? Answers after the jump.

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Dumping Buzz: it ain't that simple

February 12, 2010 General

In my last post about Buzz, I assumed that the Lifehacker article talking about turning Buzz off would do the trick. Seems I was mistaken. According to Jessica Dolcourt over at CNet, there is much more to be done because: Disabling Buzz isn’t enough. My previous buzzes are still visible to anyone looking for them. [...]

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