Author Archives: Danny
LLB tips and information for studying law at Birkbeck College, University of London
Considering an LLB course at Birkbeck College (University of London)? Here are some tips, background and things I wish someone had told me before I started. Obviously the experience is different for each student, and some people find certain things … Continue reading
The unexpected benefit of VaultPress
When the great folks at Automattic, the home of popular blogging platform WordPress came up with VaultPress, I was doubly pleased. First of all it addressed a real need to have constant off-server backups of WP sites and someone to … Continue reading
Solution: Mac OS X Lion wifi drops connection
The problem with wifi after the upgrade When I upgraded my imac to the new OS X Lion, everything seemed fine initially, until I realised there was a problem with the wifi connection that didn’t exist before the upgrade. The … Continue reading
Blogging for Election – Top Tips
When we set up blogminster.com, I spent quite a lot of my time trawling through MP websites and blogs. Of the hundreds of websites, some were good, some were bad and one stood out for (unwittingly) containing links to prescription … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, campaigning, New Media, politics
Tagged election, featured, politics
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Problems for RackSpace Cloud users with WordPress after migration
This is a very specific technical entry for WordPress users of the RackSpace Cloud (formerly Mosso), who have been part of the big migration on that platform today. This would be boring and incomprehensible to anyone else… We’ll start with … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, that danny, wordpress
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Guardian jobs site hacked – personal data compromised (and who else is at risk?)
The Guardian has written to users of its jobs website tonight, informing them that the Guardian Jobs site has been hacked into, and that their personal information may have been compromised. Unfortunately the Guardian did not say which information this … Continue reading
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Analytics based sales – brilliant or creepy?
Has analytics-based sales taken a step too far? I got the following contact through Linked-In: The reason why I contacted you is that our marketing analytic tools indicated that somebody at (name of my client – ThatDanny) spent a considerate … Continue reading
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European Bank (EBRD) ventures into blogging
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a blog which is described by the bank’s Communications Director Reijo Kemppinen as an opportunity “to build dialogue, share knowledge and exchange lessons learnt in an informal forum.” The first article, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Internet, Marketing
Tagged banks, corporate blogging, ebrd, financial crisis
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