After a little bit over a year with Blogware, I’ve decided to move this blog to Wordpress.  I've been more than happy with Blogware and I'd still recommend Blogware to anyone who wants a simple hassle-free blog, but over the last couple of months or so I've been getting a bit uncomfortable with the fact that this blog was originally given to me so that I could evaluate Blogware's system and to learn about the blogosphere for work purposes.  Little did I know that I'd get hooked on blogging and that Connected Internet would grow to become one of Blogware's top blogs (I think on some days/months it has been number 1) and a major bandwidth hog.

One of the reasons I like blogging is because I like fiddling with ...   more »

I got an email this morning from my old colleague and friend Philip Wilkinson, who founded Kelkoo UK, to see if I could help him recruit a VP of Marketing for his new startup Crowdstorm.  I haven't spoken to Phil for a while so Crowdstorm came out of the blue for me, so I popped over to the website to have a nosy around.

Crowdstorm looks quite interesting.  It is designed to combat the fact that most price comparison sites expect shoppers to know what they already want.  Price comparison sites are very useful tools when you want to find the cheapest prices and where to buy the product you actually want, but they are hopeless in helping you browse around.

On Crowdstorm's blog, Phil states that

"I often see bookshops as a really good example of how to try to help people....   more »

Technorati Tags:  Kelkoo, Crowdstorm, price, comparison, Shopping

I'm not sure if I feel sorry for Microsoft.  According to reports online piracy accounts for 25% of software sales globally, and Microsoft must be one of the biggest losers.  Microsoft tries to combat this through the use of its Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, which verifies if the software you are using is genuine or counterfeit.

Microsoft have to constantly update this tool, as hacks are always available within hours via torrents and Usenet.  I guess each update, like last nights, does eliminate novice users who don't know how to do this.  I guess Microsoft will build better protection into Vista, making it harder to crack, in a similar manner to how they have appeared to have made the Xbox360 very hard to hack, unlike its predecessor.

I'm not advocating ...   more »