Jonathan Whiting – WordPress Help
One of our clients, Jonathan Whiting, has been blogging about the help we have been giving him with his WordPress website photographs. See the article here.
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Insider Threat
We bang on and on about protecting your data by backing it up securely, installing firewalls and virus protection, using passwords and encryption and so on. But many companies completely forget about the risks posed by their own staff – what we call insider threat. And those outsiders interested in your data will find it …
The One Minute Manager
There’s a well-respected theory that self-help books for women, and cookery programmes for men, fulfil the same purpose. Those that indulge feel that reading the book or watching the programme actually constitutes doing the thing. I’m just as bad as anybody else, of course. I read a lot of business books, both on and off-line. …
Time Management without Tears
Are you the kind of person who likes mind maps? Or do you prefer a bulleted list with shoulder headings, sub-headings and so on? The two are not so very different, although mind maps seem to be associated with more arty types. I think this is mainly because you can add sub-headings and sub-sub-headings in …
Meetings without tears
I don’t know about you, but I get very frustrated sometimes, trying to set up meetings with several different people. All those emails chasing back and forth, and having to keep on top of it. Anyway, I’ve now found a free-to-use application online (small charge for a smartphone app), to which I can sub-contract a …
Rand Farm Park Webcam Pics
Following Clive’s blog yesterday here are some of my pics. These were taken above the Pigs where the new Webcam is located at Rand Farm Park.
Superfast Broadband
Yesterday evening I attended a meeting of the Lincolnshire Digital Business Cluster Group on behalf of Octagon Technology. The meeting was about the rollout of “superfast broadband” throughout Lincolnshire and this is where you come in dear reader. It seems that BT will put in the required infrastructure if we can demonstrate that the demand …
BBC News – Parents sue Apple over in-app game charges
BBC News – Parents sue Apple over in-app game charges. This is yet another news story that parents should be aware of where huge bills can be run up – note the person in the report whose child spent more than the family monthly mortgage payment in 2 hours!
Take care with whom you share your personal information
BBC – Newsbeat – Warning over scam that charges users to receive texts. This article is full of great advice for anyone with a mobile phone – I am going to discuss this with my teenage son tonight. On the subject of sharing personal information Cory Doctorow has a thought-provoking article in the Guardian that is worth …
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