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New design 17 Jul 2013 | 12:15 pm
I have updated this blog with a new (and hopefully more modern looking) WordPress design. Please let me know if you have any problems with it. Filed under: blogging, off topic
Asshole x software = Asshole at scale 15 Jul 2013 | 12:56 am
A builder recently dumped a couple of wheelbarrows full of rubble on the common land behind my house. He’s an asshole. But at least he is limited in how much of an asshole he can be by physical constr...
Upgrade your Adwords accounts before the 22nd July – or else! 27 Jun 2013 | 06:20 pm
Google will automatically switch all Adwords campaigns to ‘enhanced’ on 22-July-2013. If you don’t do it before then, Google will do it for you. And you can be confident they will be thinking of their...
Amazon PPC Ads 4 Jun 2013 | 11:32 pm
The ever-expanding Amazon empire is now offering their own Pay Per Click ads. Amazon Product Ads is an advertising programme designed to provide Amazon.co.uk customers seamless access to products avai...
The declining profitability of Google Adwords 27 May 2013 | 03:00 am
Google Adwords used to be a great way to get targeted traffic cheaply (if you knew what you were doing). I think those days are well and truly over. I have been using Google Adwords to advertise my ta...
Code Club – inspiring a new generation of programmers 19 Apr 2013 | 05:10 pm
Yesterday I, and fellow software developer Oliver Balmer, ran the first session of our new programming club at the school our children attend. We weren’t sure what to expect, but it went very well. Th...
The imminent demise of Google Reader 16 Apr 2013 | 01:21 pm
Sadly, Google is killing Google Reader on 01-July-2013. If you are reading this blog using the RSS feed via Google Reader, I suggest you start looking for another RSS reader. I have been trying feedly...
This blog’s sixth anniversary 3 Apr 2013 | 10:45 pm
I published my first blog post 6 years ago today. I didn’t even notice the fifth anniversary of this blog, so I am going to indulge myself today instead. 277 posts, 3459 (non-spam) comments and over 1...
Ephemeral 24 Mar 2013 | 10:23 pm
My grandfather worked most of his life as a stonemason. Much of that time was spent restoring the ruin of a Bishop’s palace in Sherborne. His work is still visible long after his death. The work of th...
The brutal truth about marketing your software product 20 Mar 2013 | 12:32 am
We tend to hear a lot about software industry success stories. But most of us mere mortals have to fail a few times before we learn enough to succeed. In this guest post William Echlin talks about the...
