Despite working some of the longest hours in Europe, UK business is not as productive as many of our competitors on the continent. There are numerous reasons for this, but there does seem to be one reason that analysts are not focusing too hard upon. Sure, you can invest in faster computers and printers. You […]
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Data Driven Deals – A Personalised Black Friday?
Christmas-time capitalism keeps many retailers going for another year, but squeezing deals into such a narrow time frame can have social consequences. There is no doubt that the people literally fighting to take advantage of Black Friday deals are increasingly likely to be amongst the most disadvantaged within our community. But it doesn’t have to be a mad […]
What’s the problem with public sector IT projects?
In times of austerity, as government budgets effect public services, it’s only right to expect that the public money that is being spent is being spent efficiently. But is this happening? Our police force, health service and benefits system have all recently been shown to be failing to manage IT projects properly. Following a review […]
TechNet and Xbox One : Microsoft Mistakes?
Microsoft is a huge corporation. It has products spanning video games consoles and enterprise level software. Usually you would expect these divisions to be quite separate, but lately they have been united by gaffes on an epic scale. Lets take the launch of the new Xbox One console. As a replacement for Xbox 360 much […]
What are coders worth?
You know something has nailed the zeitgeist when 2 different people send you a link to it, and James Somers really attracted some attention with his article: Are coders worth it? The article is a distillation of Somers’ experience in the web development industry. From the UK perspective he makes the development job market in the US seem […]
Why 4G is just one element of superfast business
As 4G access gradually becomes the norm across the UK and the world, mobile data users will come to expect not just faster access to data, but also a better experience from the apps they are using. The transition from delivering data down an aging telephony infrastructure to superfast fibre optic cable enabled a whole […]
55 Search Engine Optimisation Tips
I recently started getting back into SEO in a serious way. Years ago I used to be elbow deep in SEO but I guess as you move away from development the nitty-gritty of SEO becomes less critical. But lately I had cause to get back involved with SEO for a project and whilst the basics […]
Developing London as a Smart City
London’s Mayor recently launched a ‘Smart City’ board with a remit to develop a vision for a ‘Smart London’, which basically means figuring out how to use ides, technology and data to make the UK’s capital a leading global city to live, work and invest. London itself has always been at the forefront of the […]
Moving towards mobile
I’m working in India at the moment. Of course, I’m trying to drink in the culture, but this isn’t a holiday so my mind is mostly on work. However, I couldn’t help noticing something. In India, it seems like everyone has a smartphone. It shouldn’t be a surprise to me to see a smartphone in everyone’s hand, […]
The whole world in your hands?
Get a gaggle of gristled old web developers together and after comparing war wounds inflicted by The Great Browser Wars, they’ll fondly recall the good-old-bad-old days. It’s not so long since it was a struggle to justify spending a decent proportion of organisational time and resources on a website. When the Internet was only just […]