Quite like old times. Instead of PR folk tending our every need (whim), it was AR folk. Analyst Relations, for those who missed me throwing my lot in with research/analysis firm Freeform Dynamics. The venue? Barcelona. The company? BEA. My...

Not sure who's interested, but I know it's been quiet here lately. I've been getting my head round (some of) the Freeform Dynamics requirements while completing pre-booked work for other people. It's been hectic but left me no time for...

The schoolofeverything has gone live. It's a kind of intelligent shop window for freelance teachers to promote themselves. A sort of eBay for trainers, teachers and their students but without the money. Well, not yet anyway. It's based on...

I can't be the first to have noticed that Sun, rather conveniently, shares its name with our star, the source of all of our energy. Whether it's fossil fuels, wind, waves, water or (obviously) solar, they are all derived from the sun's...

Got up early this morning to get on with life. Switched on computer. All humming along nicely until I tried to collect email. Two of the accounts were dead. Not a flicker of life. And they were hosted by two different companies. But a third was...

The data centre with its huge potential to gobble power and generate heat has long been the focus for green computing initiatives. And quite rightly so. The alternative is arrange rooms so that cold air is delivered to where it's needed most,...

Whoever dreamt up the name of the WEEE directive clearly did not check with how it would go down in Britain. But it's been a long time coming and the sounds of our sniggers have long since died away. In some quarters, they've been replaced with...