• Ban the phonebook / Yellow Pages

    by  • August 17, 2009 • 4 Comments

    It seems there is growing momentum in the US to do something about the amount of waste caused by phone books.  I live in a block of 9 flats and when new books come out (white pages, Yellow Pages and Thomson Local) they are dumped at the bottom of the stairs and sit there for [...]

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    Least relevant Google result ever?

    by  • June 10, 2009 • 2 Comments

    I’ve seen some pretty weird results and a lot of fluctuations on Google over the last week or so (actually over the last few years but most recently in the last week or two).  Changes within the search engine have meant there have been more US results appearing in Google UK.  Whilst this suggests changes [...]

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    What happens when you give your videos away for free?

    by  • February 3, 2009 • 1 Comment

    According to Monty Python, sales of your videos on Amazon increase by 23,000%.  Monty Python started a YouTube channel with links to the videos on Amazon and sales of their videos took off.  I think the same effect would be seen for lots of online media.  If only the music industry would put the same effort they do [...]

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