Guilty Pleasures: Computer Books get Computerised

I was in Provo Utah a few weekends ago (too sore to tie a plank to my feet & jump off a mountain again) and found myself in the computer section of a rather pleasant bookshop complete with on site coffee - heaven for this road warrior.

The problem I always have is what to buy, especially considering the luggage weight limit when I have to fly home! When it comes to reference books, I have found that you never really know if they are any good until you have finished them. So far I have learnt to avoid those …

With a little help from our friends

I am often pleased and surprised by the helpfulness, enthusiasm and ingenuity of our customers. This week's laurels go to Micky Hulse, ace web chap from the Register Guard . I was in Nigeria a few weeks ago (more of that in later issues) with a dreadful internet connection and a lack of time. I was a bit stuck as my favourite image gallery (SmoothGallery) didn't work with jQuery that was already being used for the web templates. I fired off a quick email (actually it took ages to send but I don't want to spoil the narrative flow) and …

All about me

Welcome dear reader to my off-beat rambling and occasional ranting. Our marketing department has decided that I am one of the guinea pig's for a bit of blogging. This puts me in a bit of a quandary as I normally find corporate blogs as exciting as eating cardboard. In fact I spent ages trying to find excuses not to do this - more time than I have spent writing it so far. What would I write about? Would it be interesting? Actually those that know me would say that I never lack for an opinion on anything.

The limiting factor …