SNP iPhone App
An article in today’s Guardian discusses the new iPhone app released by the SNP (Scottish National Party) for party activists. It sound’s a bit Big Brother as it basically links in to the ‘Activate’ database which “records the identity, voting intentions and basic opinions of every voter in Scotland, allowing campaigners to target people during [...]
Five things you should do as soon as you start up in business
It’s often hard to know what to do first when you start up in business but if you’re starting up as a sole trader in the UK there are a number of things that you should do immediately.
Register as self employed with HMRC. You have 12 weeks from when you start to trade to do [...]
Trying out search engine optimisation
I’ve always shied away from search engine optimisation because I’ve never really understood it. I realise the benefits it can bring but it’s always seemed too complicated to be able to do myself. However a few weeks ago I decided to give it a shot and thanks to a few decent articles found through Google and attending an [...]
East Lothian Coffee Morning
Had the first meeting this morning to start arranging the new East Lothian Coffee Morning which we’re launching on 22nd January 2010 in Musselburgh.
The mission of the group is to help local businesses understand and use technology and social media to enhance their organisation and ultimately win more business. We’ve got a LinkedIn group page [...]
East Lothian tweeters
I decided the other day that I would try and pull together a list of East Lothian based tweeters using Listorious. I suppose it’s just another way of trying to encourage interaction at a local level, albeit using twitter, a global application.
I used three main techniques to compile the list:
I initially started adding my own contacts [...]
Scottish Labour Party and business
To start with, I like how easy it is seems to find out information on where the Scottish Labour Party stand on business. From the home page of their website, it two simple clicks What We Believe>Economy and you’re there.
Their opening gambit is that they are “working hard to deliver jobs, skills and a sustainable [...]
Politics and business in Scotland
With a UK general election coming up, probably in May 2010, I’ve started thinking about what the political parties currently stand for and because of the industry I’m involved in, wondering where they stand with regards to business and economic development. You’d think that because of the press coverage given to the “credit crunch” over [...]
How to use business cards
Sound like a stupid statement? It’s often one of the first things people do when they start a business or go self employed; get some business cards printed. Seeing a little bit of card makes it all suddenly seem real and you give them to your friends and family to show them how important you [...]
Web 3.0 and the future of social media
Just spent 80 mins watching this recent webcast of Stephen Fry, Biz Stone (Twitter founder) and Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) discussing the future of social media.
The gist of it was that the internet, and therefore social media, is too organic to figure out where it might go. 80 minutes to agree that they don’t really know. Brilliant.
It [...]
How do Google make money from Chrome?
Just downloaded and tried out the Google Chrome web browser tonight to give it a whirl and it turns out I really like it. I especially like the omnibox which is basically an integrated address bar and search box. I’ve yet to use it enough to give a definitive view on it but I’ve liked what [...]
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