http://www.ianwild.com The explosion will put out the fire Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:05:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 585v7   [caption id="attachment_34" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Unbranded on the left, the o2 branded on the right. "][/caption] http://www.ianwild.com/2008/09/08/thomson-cpe-piccy/ For the last couple of months I've been using the Beta version of Spotify, a superb new music platform with a very impressive looking business model and more promise than anything I've seen for ages. What's great about Spotify, apart from the neat client and simplicity of the service, is that ... http://www.ianwild.com/2008/08/23/spotify/ 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, ... http://www.ianwild.com/2008/07/29/now-im-a-victim-of-huxley-associates-spam/ In my News feed today: "ISPA MEETS WITH SHADOW ARTS MINISTER - ISPA Secretariat met with Shadow Arts Minister Ed Vaizey MP" For a second I had a vision of a The Rt Hon Vaizey dancing round a bright light bulb and making birds fly across the walls with it's hands. ... http://www.ianwild.com/2008/07/18/shadow-arts-minister/ Click here to take our Online Survey http://www.ianwild.com/2008/07/11/survey-test/ I often refer to this call. So, for anyone who hasn't heard this BT customer go mental, and the amazing work of the agent, it's here: http://www.ianwild.com/2008/07/11/context/ 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: "Thanks ... http://www.ianwild.com/2008/06/05/nice/ Reminded me of more interesting times, customer service wise, at PlusNet. I don't think we make customers this angry these days. Credos to Mr Grice for capturing the true nature of this incident involving a particularly angry PlusNet customer who turned up at the office after being unable to connect to ... http://www.ianwild.com/2008/05/12/a-comment-in-another-thread/ Because without one, the world will remain dull. Still, isn't it funny how other people's blogs are always more interesting than your own. Unless you are Seth Godin. What do you want to know about? http://www.ianwild.com/2008/01/21/a-new-post-for-my-blog/ 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 ... http://www.ianwild.com/2007/09/21/my-faourite-phone-apps/