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Using Tablet Devices Less and Less 12 May 2013 | 01:59 pm
I find myself using my Nexus 7 tablet less and less, whilst using my large screen phone more and more. Here’s why I think this is happening It’s easier to carry just one device with me, with my phone ...
My 7 Day Ubuntu Experience 10 May 2013 | 12:41 am
Starting today, I am going to try and run 100% of my business workflow, via an Ubuntu powered notebook. An experience not a challenge I’m a long time Ubuntu user, but have always used it as my 2nd bus...
Is Klout undervaluing Google+ activity? 10 Apr 2013 | 10:32 pm
I’ve noticed recently that Klout, the influence measurement company, give very little value to Google+ interactions and activity, compared to other social networks. Yesterday was a good example. I rec...
Give and take 28 Feb 2013 | 12:56 pm
The Internet is filled with requests from strangers, wanting us to do things for them. They want us to attend their webinars, download their ebooks, subscribe to their newsletters, like them on Facebo...
Less 24 Feb 2013 | 02:33 pm
If you visit Jim Connolly dot com, you will see that I’m experimenting with an extremely ‘stripped back’ blog theme. Being a writer, I am always eager to put the content up front, with the bells and w...
A sorry excuse 27 Dec 2012 | 12:07 pm
The word ‘sorry’, with no intent and no action, is meaningless. If you’re walking along without paying attention and you bump into someone, knocking them to the ground, it’s not good enough to say ‘so...
Standing desks 24 Oct 2012 | 12:00 pm
There has been a lot of chatter over the past year or so, about the merits of using standing desks. These are, as the name suggests, desks that have been designed for us to work from whilst standing u...
The thing about freebie hunters 17 Oct 2012 | 08:22 pm
Freebie hunters don’t just ruin their own business by refusing to pay for expert help, they will happily ruin your business too. They will drain your resources, string you along and never admit they a...
Blog design: The content must come first 13 Oct 2012 | 01:54 pm
As regular readers will notice, JimConnolly.Com has had a redesign. Like before, the emphasis has been on putting the content first, with the actual design as ‘out of the way’ as possible. Clean, clea...
Enlightening 11 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
It’s amazing what we take for granted every day. Even simple things, like indoor lighting. Window seats I took the above photo at Belsay Castle. The castle is over 500 years old and what you can see i...
