Monthly Archives: October 2006

Creating Passionate Users: Dilbert and the zone of mediocrity

Just read this brilliant and incredibly timely (for me anyway!) post from the always passionate Kathy Sierra. To avoid the Zone of Mediocrity, you must suspend disbelief. You must be willing and able to turn off (temporarily) The Voice inside … Continue reading

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Another reason why junk mail is bad for business

Apparently junk mail subsidises the cost of sending a bona fide letter, the price we have to pay, like Google Ads for snail mail (though less intelligently targetted of course). Every week I receive an inordinate amount of junk mail … Continue reading

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links for 2006-10-17

YouTube – flower arranging (tags: theend umbers droop browming exhaustion strong universal theme stuart silver)

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links for 2006-10-15

The Colbert Report – New Episodes Added Daily (tags: colbert colbertreport)

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How to find the IMEI number on a mobile phone

Key in *#06# Turn off your handset. Turn it on again. Allow the handset to load completely. Press the following keys one by one: * # 0 6 # Read the screen. As you press on the last #, a … Continue reading

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links for 2006-10-12

Marnie Searchwell gluten-free cakes, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, Christmas cakes and biscuits. (tags: cakes gluten-free London food)

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A case for more cycle lanes… if anyone can be bothered…

On Tuesday morning at precisely 8 o’clock I crashed in to the back of a moped on my bicycle. And it hurt. The moped had just overtaken me and then braked sharply in front of me to turn left at … Continue reading

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links for 2006-10-11

Rubik’s Cube Solution (tags: rubiks cube solution) How to Solve the Rubik’s Cube (tags: rubiks cube solution) searchmash Is this useful? Yes / No (tags: search internet web www searchmash google) Flora London Marathon Deadline for entries 20th October 2006… … Continue reading

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links for 2006-10-10

www.blears.net/travel – UK traffic and travel news Great mashup (combination) of Google Maps and BBC travel news RSS feeds from Backstage to show traffic hotspots. Unfortunately it wouldn’t have stopped the idiot cutting me up and causing me to crash … Continue reading

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links for 2006-10-09

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tate Modern unveils giant slides Yippee! (tags: tate tatemodern London art)

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