Broadband for the masses

Last night’s ’ Money Program' was about the increasing consumer demand for broadband services and the various options available from the suppliers. Broadband services from the major players (Carphone Warehouse, BT, NTL and newcomer Sky) were all reviewed for various households with different requirements. British Telecom has an incredibly strong brand with the older generation. One grandmother on the show simply opted for a BT Video Phone because she implicitly trusts that the service will work because ‘it is from BT’. ...

August 3, 2006

Guilty Pleasures

OK. I own up. Although I have superb taste in music, I can’t help but hum along whenever I hear No. 2 on this list. ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ by Blue Oyster Cult also falls into the same category.

August 3, 2006

Saxondale

I really enjoyed this comedy co-written by Steve Coogan. The opening sequence features Coogan struggling to keep his calm in an ‘Anger Management’ course and is always hilarious. Unfortunately, the final episode of the series was on Monday night but, no doubt, it will be endlessly repeated on BBC3 in the near future.

August 2, 2006

in utero

I just watched this but I am starting to wish I hadn’t.

July 31, 2006

knowledge management is hard

Knowledge management presents a difficult challenge particularly when you work in a relatively small department of highly intelligent, technical consultants who are scattered around the globe and travel a lot. I just started another blog as an experiment to see whether we can try to improve the way in which we share knowledge and communicate with each other. Searching email archives is so 1990’s, don’t you think ? The blogging interface and the set of CMS features isn’t as rich as WordPress (or alternative Content Management Systems) but that’s not really the point. ...

July 31, 2006