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e-Society falls for ignorant stereotypes

By + on August 10, 2006 in Business, Technology

Apparently I am living in an area that is classified as E-unengaged and populated by Low technologists. When I read about the e-Society project it sounded like a really good idea. If we are to combat digital exclusion then we…

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Thinking of buying an Epson printer?

By + on August 9, 2006 in Business, Marketing, public relations, Reputation Management, Technology

Thinking of buying an Epson printer and looking for good customer reviews? Don’t do it. Read this story from PC Pro instead and ask yourself is Epson a company that you would want to do business with. Epson should learn…

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First look at Vox

By + on August 8, 2006 in Technology

Just had my invitation to create a new Vox blog. Vox is Sixapart’s new hosted blog which it says is “designed for personal use – it emphasizes simplicity, privacy and building community with family and friends” while “Typepad is designed…

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Hiring a PR agency

By + on August 3, 2006 in Business, Marketing, public relations, Self Promotion, Technology

I usually really rate what Andrew Lark has to say but I’m puzzled by some of his most recent post on start-ups wanting to spend $10,000 to find a tech PR agency. He doesn’t make it clear if he’s talking…

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Office 2007 rocks – except for the packaging strategy

By + on August 1, 2006 in Business, Technology

Tim Danton’s recent editorial in PC Pro has been picked up by Dennis Howlett (AccMan Pro) and Matt Aslett (Computer Business). Interestingly both chose to focus on Microsoft preventing publishers from including open source software on the same CD/DVD as…

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Dell hell Dell rocks

By + on July 28, 2006 in Business, public relations, Technology

Dell hell is a familiar phrase amongst bloggers griping about Dell’s poor customer service. That’s why I was pleased to see Neville Hobson and Stephen Davies both blogging about how in their experience Dell rocks. That’s my experience as well….

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Spell check firm issues news release with spelling mistakes

By + on July 28, 2006 in Marketing, Media, public relations, Technology

We’re all guilty of typos. One thing that we insist on at BMA PR is that news releases (yes we still use them and probably always will) must be double checked by a second person before being sent out. It’s…

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IT PRO is live

By + on July 27, 2006 in Business, Media, public relations, Technology

IT PRO is now live (since Tuesday evening I think, but I’ve been away). Editor Chris Green has his personal blog at www.chrisgreen.co.uk and he and many of the other writers also have official blogs at http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/. Lots of familiar…

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My top five social media tools

By + on July 15, 2006 in Business, Technology

The problem with this meme lark is that it gets time-consuming if you do too many. However, David Tebbutt has ‘tagged’ me to continue a meme started by Drew to name your five favourite/most useful blogging tools. Mine are: 1)…

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IT PRO mag revealed

By + on July 8, 2006 in Business, Media, public relations, Technology

…the world’s leading… is claiming a scoop by publishing “everything you need to know” about Dennis Publishing’s new IT PRO magazine which launches in “mid-July”. It features a number of well-known IT journalists and will focus on the enterprise and…

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