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Unbranded on the left, the o2 branded on the right.

I get a lot of Spam. Most of it I never see. The other day I was reading a story about the disreputable recruitment agency Huxley Associates, and today, out of the Blue, I got this:

Jones, Craig

www.huxley.com

Hi Ian,

This CV speaks for itself !!!!!!!!!1

Kind regards,

Craig Jones
IT Division
Huxley Associates
0161 233 5700
c.jones@huxley.com
http://www.huxley.com

Now, I have a real problem with this sort of unsolicited and crappy mail when it’s sent from real companies based in Manchester. I’m not the only one either.

All I can say is that if I’m ever hiring or looking and these guys are involved, they’ve got no chance of getting past the front door. Huxley Associates are spammers, and that makes them scum. Nuff said.

One of the things I love about my job is that I get to talk to customers who are also real people (and we have some really great customers). A message I got today left me with a nice feeling about the world. I will just share the last response: Continue Reading »

My N95 is awesome. I’ve been looking at some good apps for phones in relation to my work with Fring (A Voip / IM mashup client thing).

My favourite my far is Widsets (a number of others in the industry like
it too) : - Widsets

They break down into the following categories:-

Uploading photos & videos from mobiles to internet communities
(facebook, bebo etc):-
ShoZu
PixPulse
mojungle

Widgets - or information feeds to mobiles (ps I use Widset a very cool
app):-
Snipperoo
Widsets
Plusmo

Uploading photos & sending to an online photo gallery / PC:-
Sharpcast
PixSense

File sharing between mobiles & PCs (this one does Instant Messaging too):-
Coogee

Integrating access to Social Networks, IM & info feeds:-
Jargong

Mobile based social network:-
bluepulse

Mobile presence:-
iotum talk now Mobile Presence

Locational Based Services (tracking friends / contacts)
loopt

Remote access to PC from phone:-
SoonR

On the James vs Ian mega-tournament, see http://baileyvswild.blogspot.com/

Picture of me, having moored at the pub - It’s all good..

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GPRS ain’t good enough to post more…