I know why I blog. Normally I like to write down the thoughts that are in my head. One day they may be of use to me. If they are of use to others in then even better. At times I write because I think what I am writing may help to inform others....
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Redefined by Technology: The words, they are a changing
Below is a very low brow, non expert look at how the technological revolution has changed the definition of words and concepts over the last few years. Social: When I were a lad, socialising meant going ot the local for a few drinks. Now it means something totally different, with the advent of...
Whilst Innovation may not be Dead, where is the Courage in the Games Industry?
People often ask where the innovation has gone in the games industry. I have been guilty of it on the past. In fact, this article was going to be titled with that exact question. However, the more I drafted the piece and the more I thought about it, the more I realised that innovation...
Google Just Don’t get Social
Google have been playing with social networking for a while now. Wave, buzz and now Google+. Up until now they have failed to make any kind of impact, proving each time they just don’t understand what people want from social networking. However, with the launch of Google+ it seems that they have gotten a...
Why can’t I dislike something?
When I was a school, we had a simple merit / demerit system to help improve behaviour. Each child in the school was a member of a house (I was Owls), and good deeds or work earned you merit points, bad behaviour earned demerits for the house total. At the end of each term,...
Stop trying to sell me stuff and just talk to me
It amazes me how humans seem to have this need to turn any new form of communication into a sales and marketing tool. Okay, so I suppose I know why, money. We all want to make money. When post was invented, we got junk letters. When the phone was invented we got cold calls....
After sales care is just as important as pre sales if you want repeat business.
I have just been trying to fix an issue with a delivery of a new PC, from a very large manufacturer, for my Father. I bought it online last week. It was a great experience. I spoke to a very helpful online assistant, who helped me answer all my questions and it went very...
Online Gaming. A positive and enjoyable past time.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away… oh wait wrong story. A few years ago, in a town somewhere in Cardiff, before I was a father or even married (I was at University), I got my first taste of online gaming. More specifically, clan gaming. The game in question was Starship...
He who shouts loudest isn’t always the most knowledgeable.
Rant alert! The more blogs, articles, and tweets I read, the more I am seeing people described as experts. Often this is self-proclaimed, but not always. The Oxford Dictionary describes an expert as: “a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area” Some of these people are legitimately experts. They...
Clouds in the sky – what is the cloud?
Cloud computing. It seems that whenever I hear talk about a new technology, the word Cloud is never that far from the description. From the humble, yet devastatingly handy Dropbox to the mysterious iCloud. The question that I keep asking is, what is the Cloud? It seems to be a question that no two...
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