Some years ago, it was the case that we’d be advising people to exercise caution in the digital world and our advice sometimes appeared to be going against the conventional wisdom that was somewhat contradictory at the time. Now, however,…
“Something is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.” Truer words were never spoken. In the world of IT and software, it is often difficult for people to ascribe an actual value to the work…
“I want my site to be number one on Google, or at least be on the first page of Google.” If I had a nickel for every time we’ve been asked that question (or some variation thereof), I would live…
There’s a clear habit that as society “develops” the things you require get moved further away from you as other people step in to “relieve you” from the details. For instance, a few hundred years ago, you might have kept…
Everyone has heard the story of David and Goliath. We’ve all seen the analogy applied to describe businesses, too. Where one or two massive corporations “the Goliaths” will dominate a market niche, small businesses operating in the same market will…
Legacy thinking is a big problem. We all know people that fall into one or more of the following modes of thinking: Votes for a particular party because their parents did. Thinks the seasons are caused by the elliptical orbit…
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few weeks, you will have heard of the US surveillance operation known as “PRISM”. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s the "nutshell" version of events: news got out that…
There’s a cycle in computing that you may have heard about, it runs like this: In the old days, we had big computers. You fed information in, waited, and then an answer came out. These computers stood alone, and took…
A well worn phrase in planning is, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably not going to like where you end up”. What this implies is if you don’t plan accordingly, the outcome is not likely to be…