Archives for August, 2007
Face the news
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Facebook seems to be in the news permanently. My two favourite stories of this week were:
Get a life and allow your staff to use Facebook, TUC tells bosses: where the TUC comments on the rights of employees to use Facebook
Facebook campaign forces HSBC U-turn: which talks about pressure (successfully) placed upon HSBC to revert [...]
The cost of… what?
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
During a trip to Brixton today, I couldn’t help compare the price of the items I was purchasing.
Purchase 1: a sealed bag of spring onions, cleaned and prepared for use (courtesy of M&S) – price? £0.99*
Purchase 2: a 4-way power extension lead (courtesy of Woolworths) – price? £2.00
I spent more of the day pondering [...]