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Category Archives: Rants
Email disclaimers
Today I got an email from an Australian company and noticed two things at the bottom of their email. The first was the ever-silly “Go Green – please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.” line. Does putting this in … Continue reading
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Google doesn’t trust us with our search queries anymore
A trend I’ve noticed lately is that Google selectively ignores and “reimagines” my search terms. (actually, it also habitually drops my search entirely. There are bugs in both the new Google toolbar, and a bug in iGoogle that goes back … Continue reading
Posted in Rants, Web products
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How not to run customer support
I just got back from vacation last week. It was a whirlwind tour of Norway, Denmark, Belgium and the UK. I had a great time, sampling a lot of beer and seeing a lot of cool places. At the start … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer issues, Rants
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How to name a startup
Since I started working in the Silicon Valley, I’ve been exposed to a huge number of companies which would not normally show up on my radar. One thing I’ve noticed is the naming conventions seemingly followed by everyone. Startup name … Continue reading
Posted in Rants, Web products
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When geeks bite back
Very interesting article on news.com about Sarah Lacy’s interview of Mark Zuckerberg, from Facebook. I’ve seen some pretty atrocious interviews, keynotes, panels and presentations in my time, but this is right up there when you think of the scope. Interviewing … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area, Rants, Tech issues
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Google Reader and other Google products
Miles has been a long time fan of Google Reader, but it’s only been recently that I converted to using it full time. I found that I was visiting the same blogs several times a day to see what was … Continue reading
Posted in Rants, Site recommendations
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Passengers to start getting fingerprinted at Heathrow
In another life I was an information security tutor. Security is such a fascinating topic, both to teach and learn. I can’t get enough of it, and routinely end up taking part in security decisions at my company, just because … Continue reading
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Steve Job’s cancer went unreported for 9 months
Why? Because he was busy trying new age garbage to try and treat it. Guess how that worked out for him. It turns out that doctors found the the tumor in October of 2003 during a routine scan. While a … Continue reading
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Kicking myself over the new NIN album
The other night I had the opportunity to buy the $300 superdeluxe edition of the new NIN album, Ghosts I-IV. I had my credit card details entered and everything: Deluxe edition plus a four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl, which is … Continue reading
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Awful baby names
One of my pet peeves is the terrible “unique” baby names people give their children, ensuring a lifetime of confusion and taunts. As much as I dislike linking to news.com.au (for reasons I am sure to go into in another … Continue reading
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