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It used to be that only virus writers and spammers went in for social engineering, but it seems it’s OK for Facebook advertisers. I’ve seen this advert on the site a couple of times now. It’s easy enough to ignore but… Wait, hey. I’ve got two messages? Well I’d better click. The site you get [...]

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From this month, I’ve switched to a four-day week at iCrossing. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while: I’ve struggled to stop freelance taking over my weekends and, frankly, have started to get a bit shit at meeting deadlines. The other part of it is that I enjoy freelance and I don’t like [...]

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An earlier gush on Twitter (I refuse to pander by calling it a twush or anything equally facile) provoked a couple of replies, revealing that I’m not alone in my admiration for Google’s Chrome browser. I came to it late – about two weeks ago, truth be told. I’d been struggling with IE, and have [...]

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When shopping, heavier items end up in my manbag. On a typical day my manbag might already contain a notebook, a phone and a snappy camera. Putting heavy items on top of these is normally fine. Putting heavy items on top of a two-pint bottle of milk on top of these is not fine, apparently. [...]

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Just noticed this box on the BBC site as it prepares to cover the Oscars. It’s the first time I’ve seen them directly embed tweets into a story. Looking at the actual feed page it seems like there’s a problem – an 11 hour-time lag between a tweet and its appearance on the BBC page. [...]

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