Is Google deliberately pricing itself out of payment processing?
I was one of many who were shocked yesterday when Google announced the changes in Checkout processing fees. They’ve also announced that AdWords spend will no londer fund free processing of transactions. In fact, it turns out the new fees are almost identical to PayPal’s fees. Plenty of sellers have been complaining about the move [...]
Read MoreThe tablet that knows you've swallowed it
When my Dad – a sufferer of Pick’s Disease – was still living at home, there was always concern about whether he was remembering to take the many tablets he was prescribed. There were many times where he’d be trying to figure out which day it was and therefore which partition he should open on [...]
Read MoreDoes nationalism matter?
I was walking past Lichfield police station today, watching their grubby Union Jack flapping around in the wind and I wondered why the Lichfield District Council building just down the road didn’t also have a Union Jack proudly waving around. In fact, why don’t all Government buildings have a Union Jack? I’m kind of [...]
Read MoreIE8: Saviour of the Semantic Web, or Usability Nightmare?
I’ve been pushing web standards for years, so the news that Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer 8 will support W3C guidelines by default is very welcome from where I’m sitting. There is one problem, though. They’ve announced that sites including CNN, Facebook and MySpace won’t work correctly. Users of the browser will have to choose to view [...]
Read MoreThis Will Stop You Having Regrets
My Mom once told me that jealousy is a wasted emotion. It’s true, and it helped to open my eyes. That and show me another trait I’ve inherited from my Dad. In a similar vein I’ve always thought that having regrets is pointless. Instead, learning from our mistakes is better. To that end I’ve always [...]
Read MoreFeels Like Home
It’s funny how you get that ‘feels like home’ feeling. Come Wednesday I’ll have lived (apart from a short stint from March to October of this year) in Lichfield for 3 years. Today, I’m back at my parents house where I lived for 20 years. The house I was very nearly born in. I feel [...]
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