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Tim Langdell Has Respawned

Tim Langdell — the trademark troll who spent decades threatening anyone using the word 'edge' near video games — has filed yet another federal complaint against Mobigame, despite his previous losses vs Future Publishing, Electronic Arts, and Mobigame themselves.

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Managing Email Signatures Still Sucks...

Sixteen years ago I wrote three sentences about email signatures being a mess. Turns out they still are — but for different reasons now.

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The tools of my trade

Sometimes people ask, so to save tweets here’s a quick summary:

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My thoughts on Apple TV Apps

> Something occurred to me last night. The Apple TV is the perfect candidate for web based apps with home screen shortcuts… > > — Nathan Pitman...

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Building a financial buffer and getting paid on time

So often I think I should write more here on the ups and downs of running your own business but somehow the time required always evades me. Thankfully my...

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One day soon OS X will be free

It’s interesting to note though how Apple are learning from the iPhone and iPad with the new Retina MacBook Pro and the imminent release of Mountain Lion....

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HSBC Internet Banking Fail

A list of frustrations with HSBC's online banking system, just a month after switching from Santander.

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Email Signatures…

Email signatures are a mess, every email app handles them differently… you have to jump through hoops to set up an email signature and heaven forbid you...

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The great Staples ‘OrderCare’ scam

An account of a frustrating experience with Staples' OrderCare protection scheme — and why it turned out to be a waste of money.

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Flickrlicious

Without so much as a hint Flickr just went all Gamma on us. Finally out of Beta? That little tag was almost a part of the brand itself you know.

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Customer service the right way

Well it’s a fair old time since I had such a good customer service experience that I was left visibly ‘gleaming‘. As it happens I just had one this very...

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Customer Service Bandits

A frustrating experience trying to get a refund from MFI after receiving damaged furniture — a cautionary tale about poor customer service.

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NTL to penalise early broadband adopters

Being the person I am, when NTL started to roll out it’s broadband service I was pretty quick to jump on the wagon and signed up for the 600k service. I pay...

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