Chris Garrett

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Looks like Amazon doesn't want Europeans to gain access to the Americans secrets of good powerpoint presentations - up there with nuclear device blueprints I guess. I tried to buy and download Seth Godins Really BAD Powerpoint after reading this blog entry but it seems Amazon can't or won't sell it to me - "We're unable to sell e-books from Amazon.com to customers in the European Union.".

Yesterday I wrote a blog about search engine optimization, today there is a bit of news that reminds me about an important aspect of DIY SEO - sometimes the web is local.

There has been a thread recently on the UK asp/asp.net developers list, mswebdev.org.uk and this has prompted me to share some links and thoughts here. Online marketing is a great interest of mine, it's an area I find myself moving more and more into and away from development. Perhaps there is a list in it? Alex, Steve?

One of the techy trends that made headlines and filled articles but left me cold, now one of my favourites - XML and web services.

Way back I was undecided as to wether to buy a dedicated MP3 player or upgrade my phone to a device that can play music. After playing with Ollies SPV I decided on the Orange phone and bought a decent (or so I thought) sized SD card (256mb). Unfortunately I have found 256mb even with WMA is simply not enough so on my brothers recommendation I have gone for a Creative Labs Jukebox Zen Xtra 30GB.

They say eventually your past always catches up to you ;O) My first ever boss has just contacted me (http://bsdbox.homeunix.com). Even though he seems to be an open soressource advocate he happened across some of my on-line wibblings and dropped me an email. Without getting too sentimental I think it is worth acknowledging the people who helped you get to where you are (or apportion blame, either/or!). As my first boss when I was at the tender age of 16, things he said and did could have had many positive or negative repercussions. Thankfully he was a good boss and I kinda turned out OK ;O)

Pretty cool computer quotes
http://www.itquotations.com/

     "I have a spelling checker It came with my PC; It plainly marks four my
revue Mistakes I cannot sea. I've run this poem threw it, I'm sure your
pleased too no, Its letter perfect in it's weigh, My checker tolled me sew."
        - Janet Minor

"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what
they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand."
 - Putt's Law

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved."
- anon