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Pixel couch

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:09 PM by stevecla01
love it. would go with the nasty curtains in my new pad but not sure Anna would approve :) courtesy of swissmiss (again) Read More...
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Can I borrow your 612?

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:41 PM by stevecla01
Should you decide you have some spare cash then I’d really quite like one of these please. If not, I’d be happy to just borrow one for a weekend. I promise to clean my room and wash it before I give it back to you. Promise. Read More...
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8 random facts about me

Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 10:51 PM by stevecla01
My buddy Frank Arrigo tagged me a week or so ago for 8 random facts. Here we go:   My first job was a paper round where I earned around £7 per week My favourite sport at school was originally the long jump I still have my first Microsoft PC Read More...
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Back on the grid

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 11:46 PM by stevecla01
What a day – 10 hours ago we started packing a van with all our worldly goods and now' we’ve landed – albeit about a quarter mile down the road from where we lived. Our new place has so much space by comparison….though it doesn’t Read More...
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Moving continues

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 12:05 PM by stevecla01
My 1000th Flickr image . Quite apt. That’s my signed Liverpool shirt heading out the door…. Read More...
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A Day Of Free Stuff

Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:07 AM by stevecla01
Hot on the heels of Chris Anderson's Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business post at Wired comes TrendWatching's latest report " Free Love ". FREE LOVE: the ongoing rise of free, valuable stuff that's available to consumers online and offline. Read More...
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If Online Marketing Is the Future, Why Are Some CMOs Stuck in the Past?

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:39 PM by stevecla01
  Wharton had some great articles and this is one of my recent favourites . It starts with this: Americans spend an average of 14 hours a week online and 14 hours watching TV. But marketers spend 22% of their advertising dollars on TV and only 6% Read More...
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Have I Got A Book In Me?

Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:52 PM by stevecla01
  I've been thinking of writing a book recently and this diagram could well be the inspiration I needed. I don't read Dare's blog as often as I ought to - he writes beautifully and his recent post on Gone Indie by Jens Alfke is terrific. Okay, I Read More...
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I get my best work done at Starbucks

Posted Monday, December 24, 2007 1:21 PM by stevecla01
  Like Debbie , I really enjoyed this article in the NY Times about White Space at work. For years now I have been "hiding out" at the office. I have a good few places in our offices in Reading where I know I can get some quiet time and Read More...
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Applesoft

Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 11:44 PM by stevecla01
Remember when software used to be delivered and loaded like this? I do...on a Sinclair Spectrum (whose keyboard is unerringly similar to the Vaio TZ on which I'm typing now). Then we moved to 5 1/4" disks and then on to 3.5", both so called Read More...
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HP's cool videos need some Web 2.0 love

Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:13 PM by stevecla01
I loved the original series of HP "hands" videos and now they have a " making of hands video ". Almost as good as the original...I just wish they'd do the Web 2.0 thing and make the videos on their site "shareable"...you know, that little embed code thing. Read More...
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Does Your Corporate Website Make You Look Fat?

Posted Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:13 AM by stevecla01
Large corporate Web sites have become increasingly bloated in recent years . In trying to provide a full picture of everything the company does they have been weighed down by an overstuffed diet of confusing content, navigation and functionality. It’s Read More...
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Good Ads

Posted Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:03 AM by stevecla01
hat tip Read More...
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Where are the cool PC designs?

Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 5:22 AM by stevecla01
It's a little scary how many times I think of writing something and Long has a similar post about the same time. This time it's on Vista hardware. Like him, I'm somewhat disappointed that we're still seeing beige boxes or identikit laptops coming to market Read More...
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Inspirational Videos #2

Posted Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:08 PM by stevecla01
I read Lance's book a while back and though I'm not the world's biggest Lance (or cycling) fan, I do think he's pretty inspirational and Nike still do the best videos. [#1 is here] [#3 is here] Technorati Tags: lance armstrong , nike Read More...
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