I am not a big fan of social media. I appreciate the value in spreading messages and bringing people together, but like most new technologies it has taken time for it to…
Bye bye Facebook
For about 11 years I have been a user of Facebook. Originally as the natural successor to Friends Reunited I got interested when they started to relax registrations from just university students.…
The machines are listening
A recent article in the Times around Google and a growing number of people who are turning their backs on the business and going ‘Google-Free’ got me thinking as to how much…
How much?!
I was intrigued with the news that Facebook has valued and bought a company at a $1bn valuation when it has only 13 staff and never made a profit. For those of…
How do you remember an IPv6 address?
I have been busy helping with training new staff the past week and one of the new topics on our training course is IPv6. When we started the training program about six…
Social networking has downsides
I recently went to visit my brother in New York over a long weekend. It was a good opportunity to remind myself why London is still the best place to live (apart…