Well, I’ve gone and done it. After 6 months of deliberation I’ve bought myself a Macbook. It was a toss-up between this lovely machine and a windows-based one but as I’ve decided not to touch Vista until service pack one comes out (which will be a while) I had to plump for what shall be […] … Read More »

Try the “Job Predictor” and find out! (Excel format) I’m a Pirate! Avast Ye Landlubbers now I have an excuse to talk about walkin’ the plank and shivering me timbers! What are you? Let us know in the comments. Hat tip to Jobacle for provding the Friday funnies … Read More »

There’s been a lot of talk online over the past few weeks about how social networking websites such as MySpace and FaceBook can affect people in the real world. In a recent article in the New York Times the founder of and Educational Consulting firm was shocked when she checked a student’s Facebook profile: Ms. […] … Read More »

The “Job Blog” Jobacle has posted an interesting meme I thought I’d take part in. The general gist is: Some bloggers talk about their “real” jobs – others don’t.  I encourage everyone who has a blog or a Web site to post the questions below and insert their own answers.  Our careers all have ups […] … Read More »

I’ve just taken an online Personality Test (which I just love doing!) that measures your Personality traits: The purpose of Personality I.D. is to reveal your natural personality identity. This assessment will also help you learn your strengths and weaknesses and your communication style for application at home, church, and work. I jump on any […] … Read More »

A British man has set a world record for making the First mobile ‘phone call from the summit of Everest. Huh?? I can’t even get a signal in my local pub and this guy can make a call from 8,000 feet or whatever it is??? This is ridiculous, only last week we had a story […] … Read More »

Updated: See bottom of this post From the BBC: Nearly a quarter of UK office workers are unhappy with their jobs, a survey for recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark suggests….. Read the full article “UK office staff ‘unhappy at work'” here. What is it about us Brits at the moment? This is the second article […] … Read More »

I’m getting ready to launch my book based on the “Managing Web Projects” series I recently wrote and I’m looking for a few lovely people to review the book for me a perhaps (if they feel so inclined) provide a testimonial. I’m just putting the finishing touches to the final chapter and then I’ll send […] … Read More »

…Make fixing your crappy product almost impossible I’ve a (legal) copy of a rather well known virus protection program on my PC, I shan’t reveal the name of the company (*cough* begins with “M” *cough*) as I’m nice. Just recently it stopped auto-updating for no reason what-so-ever. I think it had gone on strike due […] … Read More »

It would appear with all my fiddling with the website code recently I messed up the way that the posts display across the year’s change over (i.e. 2006/2007. I think I’ve fixed it now but if anyone see’s anything behaving oddly, please let me know. Also, some muppet set my New Years message to appear […] … Read More »