Philip John

  • LinkedIn Now Major Factor in Online Reputation

    I’ve not been much of a fan of LinkedIn. It’s too closed off and there just aren’t enough ways to interact. I prefer networking through the likes of Twitter or Facebook. One example is how easy it is to create a presence for your company or brand. Previously, LinkedIn only gave you the ability to…

  • This Will Stop You Having Regrets

    My Mom once told me that jealousy is a wasted emotion. It’s true, and it helped to open my eyes. That and show me another trait I’ve inherited from my Dad. In a similar vein I’ve always thought that having regrets is pointless. Instead, learning from our mistakes is better. To that end I’ve always…

  • ARGH! Where’s your RSS feed?!

    Seriously, folks, if you’re going to have a blog you need to give me your RSS feed. As I scan the net for news that interests me I get increasingly frustrated with the number of times I found myself looking around for the RSS feed. A blog isn’t a blog without an RSS feed. That’s…

  • Brits Love Blogs

    41% of the UK’s internet population have visited a blog, according to comScore. The study shows that in August, 14.5 million people in the UK visited at least one blog, showing just how popular blogging is becoming. It demonstrates just how important blogging is to the British internet user. And a reminder to businesses that…

  • Make Parliamentary Scrutiny More Accessible

    The Free Our Bills campaign from mySociety is today encouraging supporters to ask their MPs to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 2141. The campaign aims to get Parliament to publish bills in a much better way which will allow software developers to come up with new and innovative ways to present bills to the public…

  • T-Mobile Attempting to Entice Customers; Uses a Really Lame Phone

    Again, via InformationWeek I learn that T-Mobile is going to try and get new customers by enticing them in with the Motozine ZN5. The phone boasts a 5-Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 350MB of internal memory, a built-in organiser, voice recording capabilities, MP3 player, FM radio, TV-out capabilities, standard headphone jack and a 2.4-inch display with…

  • This is Why Android Will Beat the iPhone

    Apple are going to lose out to Google and others in the battle for the mobile market unless they book their ideas up and give users what they want. Case in point: Opera. Via InformationWeek I’ve learnt that iPhone users will have to go without the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers because Apple won’t…

  • Who Should You Vote For?

    I’m British and as such have no say in the US presidential election. However, it’s an election that affects the entire world. To that end I decided to do something I did for our last general election: use a computer to decide my vote. Well, maybe not decide, but give an idea of who I’m…

  • Feels Like Home

    It’s funny how you get that ‘feels like home’ feeling. Come Wednesday I’ll have lived (apart from a short stint from March to October of this year) in Lichfield for 3 years. Today, I’m back at my parents house where I lived for 20 years. The house I was very nearly born in. I feel…