Month: August 2006

  • Communication and IT: Still an uneasy alliance

    Dee Rambeau presents a depressing workplace scenario that, in my experience, was all too common ten to twelve years ago as everyone began discovering the web as a business tool. The scenario is broadly to do with who makes decisions…

  • Speedo shows what podcasting can do for marketing

    For a good example of how an organization listens to informal feedback to help them quickly understand the potential benefits of a new-media tool like podcasting, take a look at what swimwear brand Speedo is now doing. Six weeks ago,…

  • The virtual travel agent

    A UK travel agent is turning a new page in its history, the BBC reports, opening branches which do not stock holiday brochures: The First Choice outlets will instead feature internet terminals where customers can be guided through their holiday…

  • More about your blog visitors with Google Maps

    If you use the StatCounter.com website visitor stats/analysis service, there is a brand new feature that is very cool indeed – view your recent visitors on a Google Map. Here’s a screenshot of some recent visitors to my blog, with…

  • Troubleshooting date format for Windows Live Writer

    This post I’m writing in Windows Live Writer should publish with the correct date and time this time. My first attempt with Microsoft’s new beta blog editor resulted in the post I wrote being published with the wrong date –…