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I have two posts over at my tech blog: -
A Blockbuster of a mistake:
Blockbuster wants to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, netflicks and the cable companies, who stream (and download) content directly to their customers’ homes. And it plans to do this by buying an outdated electronics retailer. Hmmm.
The Mac upgrade conundrum: […]

430

Four hundred and thirty.
That’s the number of flights that have been cancelled since the Terminal 5 debacle began. That’s 430 planes worth of really pissed-off travellers.
The sheer scale of this colossal fuck up is astonishing. Bags are now being flown to Milan to be sorted. We’re so shit, we’ve started outsourcing our gaffs […]

are our champions of industry idiots?

And so the grand opening of Heathrow’s much-lauded Terminal 5 has been a disaster.
Is anyone surprised?
Irish-born Willie “the buck stops with me” Walsh, has long strutted the media as one of Britain’s Champions of Industry. And yet we saw yesterday that no matter how much we crow, our businesses are simply not terribly well run.
I […]

saplings!

It’s like an orchard in there.
Via.

asmallworld.net

A friend has just become a member of asmallworld.net, the invite-only networking site. He has to serve some sort of trial-period before he can invite me. Bugger.
An invite would be very, very appreciated.

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tone’s big day

Tim has the champagne on ice.
Sadly tygerland will not be represented - I have appointments with clients all day, but I will be downing a glass of something intoxicating in honour of Big-T’s overdue departure. Reports that the grateful citizens of Baghdad have sent a bouquet of flowers are unconfirmed.

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sir alan’s gamble

The Apprentice is over. the teahouse chews the fat.

pdt dev

What are the first things to consider when looking to launch a new product?

out & about

Just a quicky because I’m hellishly busy today. The boy got me up at 05:45 and I have been writing copy since seven. I have a business planning course this afternoon in lovely Mansfield. Aren’t I lucky?
Mrs. tyger said that they were bitching about the London Olympic logo on Radio 2. Warms my heart to […]

Google buys Feedburner

The Big G just keeps getting bigger.

New Horizons

I am leaving my place of work next week. I have worked for the business for almost nine-years, which, given that I’m only 29, represents my entire professional life.
I joined the business after University as a management trainee, and I have worked in each of the main stages of the supply chain before ending […]