Author Archives: gareth

Minor HP Advertising Fail

Posted on September 19, 2011 by gareth

Advertising a product that isn’t on the sale seems a little bit of a mistake for an HP. Continue reading →

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Everyone should act like they are leaving…

Posted on September 15, 2011 by gareth

Could embracing the spirit of leaving lead to people working better. Continue reading →

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Don’t launch your website without solving these

Posted on September 12, 2011 by gareth

Seeing the same mistakes made again and again makes Gareth sad. Continue reading →

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On email etiquette

Posted on August 25, 2011 by gareth

Lovely seeing you recently by the way, how are the kids? Great, that’s lovely, can you do me a favour?

Is it better to skip past the faux-pleasantries and to save everyone some time? Continue reading →

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Cheques, would you start from here?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by gareth

When was the last time you wrote a cheque? Continue reading →

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The Product Managers Guide to using Storage

Posted on August 17, 2011 by gareth

How to safe yourself from getting locked into the storage habit. Continue reading →

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Big things are obvious, but sometimes smaller things niggle as much

Posted on August 1, 2011 by gareth

While I love my Apple TV, I would love it more if it just triggered my TV to change channel when it powered up. Continue reading →

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Definition of Slippery Slope

Posted on July 28, 2011 by gareth

BT are being forced to block access to specific piracy websites, lucky that they have the technology hanging around for the IWF watch-list then? Continue reading →

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Hashtags as plausible deniability from compliance

Posted on July 26, 2011 by gareth

Rather than hosting discussions themselves, when Broadcasters provide a Hashtag, are they enabling people to have the conversation, but without the compliance implications of fully associating things with your brand-name. Continue reading →

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Multicast for File Delivery

Posted on July 23, 2011 by gareth

Multicast will soon be available in the UK for video distribution, does it have a role in distributing large files, like the recent OS X update Lion. Continue reading →

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