On this tip from Jon Strande I installed SpamBayes to Outlook. It’s a cool bit of open source software and after a few days training it’s working very efficiently to separate the spam from the ham in email. I’m a novice with Bayesian filters but I found it fascinating as it starts to understand my own personal idea what is Spam and what isn’t.
A good side effect is that it nudged me to review all the enewsletters I get and to unsubscribe from those I never actually read.
The competitive streak in me means I need to keep with Tony Goodson’s blog. The struggles of learning to speak “Movable Type” and thoughts on the nature of blogging.
Earlier today I was writing about passion brands and the power of community. I got a small but interesting example of this principle in action when I visited Ton Zijltra’s blog to find that he’s opened a separate blog on his planned abandonment of Microsoft.
Welcome to the Ourhouse Weblog. Blogging is something I’ve become increasingly interested in. Earlier this month I set up the Beyond Branding Blog which is
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
The AntiBrand: blackSpot sneakers, a project by Adbusters attacks Nike directly. In doing so they take on what has become one of the great icons
My friend Olaf Brugman has invited me to take part in a workshop in Brussels on October 29th. It looks set to be an interesting
The Church of the Customer blog quotes an NY Times interview with David Bowie who says: I’m fully confident that copyright for instance, will no
I’ve just started to suffer from Spam comments the latest effort by these wretches to publicise their sites. They basically post fatuous comments to weblogs
At the NGO conference (blogged yeserday and the day before) I met Martin Roell a German blogger and e-business guru. He’s blogged the event in
I’ve finally started paying attention to RSS and all this stuff about “Blog Aggregators”. The final shove was wanting to get Martin Roell’s English feed.
I’m off to New Zealand tomorrow night for a holiday. I’ll be 24 hours in the air with a short stop enroute so I hope Singapore Airlines will have some
Hugh: It’s not about how much your product engages with the customer. It’s about how much your product allows your customer to engage with other people. Reminded me of what
One more thought about ordinariness and its connection to the extraordinary arising from Reboot. Ben Hammersley is a lovely presenter the blogosphere’s answer to Eddie Izzard (what was the question?)
Neil Perkin organised another Firestarters event at Google this week and a good time appears to have been had by all. Neil’s done a very thorough write up here. I
