C4 Political Awards – why the negativity?

Published on 29 December 2008 in Journal and Politics. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

I encourage everyone to make a nomination in the Channel 4 / Hansard Society Political Impact Awards 2009. Follow the link to submit yours.

Channel 4 include a short video at the foot of the above web page to act as a reminder of the political events of 2008. Curiously it’s all full of negativity. Now I can understand why Damian Green being arrested would be on there. But what was the point of Nick Clegg thinking the basic state pension was £30 a week being on there? Or indeed Peter Hain resigning from the government? They’re looking for nominations for people who have made an impact – not failed!

My nomination was for David Davis.

WordPress 2.7 – wow!

Published on 29 December 2008 in Internet, Journal, Snippets and Wordpress. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

Just upgraded to WordPress 2.7 and I’m impressed. A new, clean and fast interface with extensive AJAX and even Google Gears integration. Yummy!

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Start-up

Published on 4 December 2008 in Internet, Journal, Snippets and Telecoms. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I’m now working as a product manager for a start-up: aQovia, your fast-to-market SaaS partner.

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New top price comparison site

Published on 24 August 2008 in Consumer and Internet. 0 Comments Tags: .

I’m not sure how long Offer of the Day has been around but I’ve recently discovered it and believe it’s the price comparison site worth bothering with for most purchases.

Unlike its competitors this one takes into account any current offers (even telling you what discount code to type in!) and gives you a sorted list by overall cost (including delivery). Coverage of retailers is not as extensive as, say, Google, Kelkoo or Pricerunner but it covers the main online discounters. Unless you are making a really expensive purchase I wouldn’t bother spending much time trying to beat it.