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Facebook looks stronger than ever.

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Its seems FB has one in the competiton for the socialnetwork space. Am I getting ahead of myself here? Perhaps, but with DST ventures putting in 800M dollars for a 10% stage the valuation is staggering. Does this mean its all over for the other socialnetworks? Bebo is in decline and has been sold to [...]

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Its been a long time

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

I’m currently sat in a Marina looking at expensive boats. Not that I’ll be buying one right now but it has got me thinking about how these rich guys get to afford such expensive toys. And here is the answer… They built businesses..they built sustainable businesses and brands on the whole. Of course there are [...]

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Beginning to worry about large corporates on the net.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Have we seen the beginnings of the end for small entrepreneur. After all, the net is dominated by just a handful of major sites and businesses. Even mid level companies such as MySpace are struggling. Could it be that we are heading for a wave of consolidation of ideas…awaiting the next new disruptive technology…after which [...]

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Are we heading back to a closed internet?

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Remember when aol first lauunched way back then? No? Well they had a portal and facilities available from the home page. They made it seem needless to look outside their local network into the wider internet! Now, are we heading back to these days? Could it be as the likes of Facebook and Gmail aim [...]

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Google Buzz is the new Facebook?

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Google as of last nite launched Google Buzz, a social network site built on top of its email platform: Gmail. Its focusses on clearly the threat from Facebook and Twitter where they are increasingly moving into the search space. Facebook had hinted it wanted to integrate a Gmail type application to kill Gmail. Sure enough [...]

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Internet world coming soon

Friday, February 5th, 2010

I’ll be at the internet world event…hopefully I’ll manage a few drinks with readers of this site and it will be good to do some f2f meetings!

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Namedrive

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Namedrives continues to grow from strength to strength and has a number of new templates. Sign up to this great parking programme by clicking the link at the side of the screen!

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Python domain tools

Friday, February 5th, 2010

I have created some simple tools that sort domains into extensions and length etc. Its a simple script that takes a text file and outputs your domains in a suitable format….I’m releasing here into public domain. So watch this space!

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Why don’t most major chain coffee shops offer free wifi?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

It strikes me as rediculous why most coffee shops do not offer free wifi, namely nero! Why do they not offer this? Is this because they do not want customers staying in too long? Wetherspoons are pretty good in that they off free wifi with no qualms and their tea and coffee are pretty cheap [...]

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ipad on virtual order

Friday, February 5th, 2010

I’ve decided to order one to see what they are all about. Ill have to order one in US and have it shipped over to UK. But no doubt ill have to have a US drop address!

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Photovoltaics.co.uk in full swing

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Developed this one and have a great formatted good looking website with plenty of content. I’m seeing a lot of interest in this domain with the increasingly green economy. Traffic is steadily increasing and content is growing. I’ve found a great template that I use for most sites that’s easy to mould into a a [...]

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Green domains

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Here a a selection of green domains Energyforum.co.uk – this is under development. I have been experimenting with a simple php forum written by the same guys as word press. I’ve had trouble finding good templates for it, but its quite good from what I’ve seen before. Over the coming months Ill be including more [...]

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Understanding radio communications from Rab C. Nesbit

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Just watched episode two. I must say, I am a fan. I love his lazy attitude to life and how he manages always to embody wit and humour. Its a great format…so stay tuned to bbc iplayer for more.

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SingleCity.co.uk sells for £10k

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Reported by sedo – great price. I guess its going to be a dating site.

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Borders goes bust

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Well Borders the bookstore has finally decided that enough is enough and has decided to close its UK operations. What does this mean? Well apart from the hordes of shopping vultures descending on the store to pick up last minute bargains…could the bookstore on the high street be a thing of the past? Could the [...]

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