UPDATED 2024-03-28: To reflect a) The impending date of the policy change come next week, and b) reported UK/US sanctions. Originally published 2024-01-25. In response to increased alleged hacking attempts by alleged state actors based allegedly in and around the PRC, we have taken the steps below to counteract what the UK and US governments […]
Technological development is a funny old thing. Pretty amazing new stuff (PANS) are initially created often out of a need or opportunity in society then frequently weaponised by others at a later date. This is not new: Gutenberg, the German craftsman designed a device to mass-print profitable vernacular Bibles. Most credit him with inventing printing, […]
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Most technologists lean to the left – possibly as a function of education, income banding, and age. On the whole, this is probably not a bad thing. On the whole, they work for large, culturally aware organisations guided by contemporary agendas such as woke, financial pressure from wealthy activist investors, governmental regulations, and driven towards […]
In today’s world, if you’re lucky enough to achieve even basic financial security in your 60s then you’ve probably won in life. And, most likely, there is little difference in quality of life between you and, say, Jeff Bezos. Or, so goes the recurring thread. It goes onto suggest that free-time, health, relationships, diet, exercise, […]
But is it suitable for everyone? Or is this another case of the wealthy monopolising government tax credit? I note that Google has upped its game in this area with the world’s largest Green PPA (Power Purchase Agreement). Despite falling average electricity consumption across the Western world, the need for data centre power has grown […]
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The rise of the smart device in your pocket was driven by a need for efficiency and a disconnect from big screen devices. The problem is that Smartphones are now the greatest time-suck on our lives: doom-scrolling on IG, rabbitholes on Wikipedia, mobile gaming, Netflix bingeing… the list goes on. “Wanna burn hours doing nothing […]
Based loosely around modern warfare: “Combined Arms Warfare”, Combined Channel Marketing (CCM) encompasses a number of core beliefs and approaches: 1. Partnerships: All parties are a partner in the venture, there is no room for client-vendor or boss-staffer type relationships as all parties strive side-by-side to achieve goals. Unpacking is kept to a minimum and […]
Carbon negative since 2020, carbon neutral for over a decade. Connected is carbon negative; we sequester more carbon than we use. By 2030, we will have offset our total emissions since we founded in 1996. Our carbon initiatives are broadly broken into four categories: Lower carbon density: Use less carbon by using carbon-efficient methodologies, travel, […]
Of course, the wider society can live without AI, until such time as AI becomes genuinely useful to average folks. But that’s probably too late for much of society. It might take five years to gain widespread adoption at the consumer level. Until then, AI will bring havoc to a society and a world ill-prepared […]
The biggest shock in the tech world since the arrival of ChatGPT was … the death of its inventors. Almost. In 2022, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAi brought havoc to the tech space when he stepped into the light as the frontman for ChatGPT. It literally changed the world. Not only kickstarting the AI […]
We are the first and only national WordPress agency to openly publish our rate card? Updated Pricing for Jan ‘24 Our last price rise came in August 2022, so a modest rise for 2024 will come into effect from January 2024. Our rates are: WordPress support from £170ph WordPress development / advanced support from £225ph […]
The popular Chinese app was created in 2016, growing in its hone market until splashing down in the mainstream just before COVID. The short form video platform is big, like 1bn active monthly users big. The majority are Gen Z or younger so brands love the platform. Its biggest market today is still China (after […]
If you ask most Gen-AI systems this question you tend to get an answer something along the lines of “As an AI, I don’t have personal opinions, emotions, or biases like humans do. My purpose is to provide information, answer questions, and generate content based on the data and algorithms I’ve been trained on. My […]
The modern workplace is undergoing a significant transformation as augmented reality (AR) and other cutting-edge technologies continue to make their presence felt. As companies strive to enhance productivity and collaboration among employees, AR has emerged as a powerful tool that can revolutionize the way we work. Augmented Reality: A Game Changer for Businesses Augmented reality […]
Augmentation in the workplace not new, we’ve been enhancing the workplace since before the industrial age with improvements in working environments, ergonomics, computing, and communications. The leaps are coming faster and bigger with every passing decade. Sitting at your desk now – which could as easily be at home or on a beach in Bali […]
Since the explosion of the personal computer in the 1980s, the PC has evolved from being a business tool to an integral part of our daily lives. From work to entertainment, education to communication, the personal computer and its offshoots, such as mobile devices, have revolutionised how we live and work. When some forty years […]
The world’s most popular digital platform It might be the world’s most used Internet platform, but why and how should your organisation use WordPress? 1. WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that is free and open source. 2. WordPress is used by millions of people around the world, including many large organizations, such as […]
Twitter should pivot away from a grimy dependence on advertisers and advertising. Very few of us like advertising, especially the stuff that pretends to know things about us. The slimy feeling you get as you scroll through and see crummy quasi-personalised ads trying to sell you stuff you don’t need or really want. You know […]
After holding our support prices since 2017, it is now time to revise the pricing due to increasing costs and squeezed margins. The price rise is a modest 10%, taking the standard Peerless Service product to £875. This is effective August 1st 2022 for new clients and January 2023 for existing contracts. Some existing support […]
Its been a few years since we joined in with the “predictions” silly season, but here goes. Previous efforts, such as 2011, saw us predict the rise (but not fall) tablet computing, the wildly desperate end of Google’s search dominance. Cloud computing and subscription models fared better. 2014 went slightly better with the rise of […]
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