There is no web 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0... This is deliberately similar to my first Posterous post, “There is no new vs. old media“… There is no web 1.0 or web 2.0 or even web 3.0. There is only the evolving web. I despise the use of the phrase “web 2.0″ when it relates to web design, for example – it...

There is no new vs. old media... I’ve said it many times at various events this year but I decided a short but sweet blog post was needed (and what better place than my as yet unused Posterous). Here goes… There is no new and old media. There is only evolving media. Right now it’s going through what I consider...

Would you go into a high street shop tha... I’m gonna assume the answer is no. Giving info like full name, postal address, e-mail isn’t the kind of thing you expect to have to do purely to browse around. So why do so many web sites insist on asking for exactly that? I got a little irate earlier this week (maybe ’cause I’d...

Government asks for 2Mbps, Virgin offers... First, let’s forget those who don’t want broadband for a second and consider only those who have and use broadband services. I’ll keep this short. How can the UK Government possibly think that asking for 2Mbps in it’s preliminary Digital Britain report is anywhere near acceptable? Virgin,...

The Guardian should know better... I like the Guardian, probably because it’s so tech savvy, but I was dissapointed reading Simon Hoggart’s column (via The Lichfield Blog) having a bit of a moan about Michael Fabricant MP’s use of Twitter. Hoggart takes the typical response to seeing Twitter; “I don’t understand...

Screw society, I want to avoid tax!... Today, RBS, which is now 84% owned by the Government in economic terms (whatever that means) announced the biggest loss in British corporate history of £24.1bn. Wow. That’s a lot of money. We, the tax payers (so if you don’t pay taxes you can ignore this bit), are taking on RBS’ “toxic...

Microsoft, Yahoo Deal Would Strengthen G... I’m getting might pissed off with all this talk about some “deal” between Microsoft and Yahoo now. I don’t see how Microsoft forking out $15 billion for Yahoo’s search business would have any impact on Google’s share. Sure, on paper, Yahoo’s share would drop...

LinkedIn Squatting: Claim a Company for ... According to LinkedIn, I am now the proud owner of a company. How so? Because I told them I was. Why did they believe me? Because they didn’t bother to check. I gave them an e-mail address that in no way resembling the company’s web address and in return they let me create and play around...

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 what...

Web Startups are Threatening the Future ... I ignore a lot of the news I come across on a daily basis. One recent example is the lay-offs at web companies. It’s just all a bit too depressing, really. So why am I blogging about it? Well, I’ve related it to a bug-bear of mine today. The lack of sensible business planning in internet...