Monthly Archives: April 2012

Knights Highlights – April 2012

This month I’ve started blogging for a second company, Data Scout. Their articles are more marketing and data-product focused than the mobile application development articles I write for Wooza (who have themselves become ‘Rare Breed Digital’).

A mobile a day keeps the doctor away

My imaginings of how mobiles can be developed to aid human health.

Data Scouts Data Restaurant

Purchasing several apps for different stages of a problem is like eating a five course meal at five different restaurants.

Data Scout’s Dictionary of Data – No.1 Salesforce.com ‘How to Guides’

The foundation stone of a series of articles for Data Scout exploring the best web resources on Data management.

Data Scout’s Dictionary of Data – No.2 Trust

How trusting relationships can sometimes lead to adoption…

Data versus Goliath

How small companies like Data Scout are taking on established played like Microsoft – and winning!

Does Freemium come at a Premium?

Wooza ruminate on the business model: Freemium.

e-Book Bother

Sneaky showing of The River in my professional work along with a review of the ‘agency’ model.

Fuzzy Logic

I explain how Fuzzy Logic works, why it’s useful and how it helps Salesforce.com data cleansing.

Tactical Withdrawal

Would someone please tell RIM they’re better off gone?

The difference between Data Integration and Master Data Management

Saleforce.com data integration meets Roman aqueducts.

The Wettest Drought EVER

How the weather in the UK is surprisingly like what is happening in the tech industry.

Right First Time

The importance of getting products right first time. And then not ruining it. I’m looking at you Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition.

The Fast and The Spurious

Fast cars and data management (unfortunately the murderous ice-cream van owners didn’t make it into the final cut).

The Personal Touch

Ill, so very ill. And blinded. Blinded by my own reflection in the iPad3.

Why MDM is crucial to CRM success

FYI IDGIE!

Work smart not hard with your Data in Salesforce.com

A short, snappy article about why you should consider automating manual activity in a salesforce.com

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The Telegraph Short Story Competition April 2012

Writing The River was a solitary experience. Since then in an attempt to publicise myself I’ve written articles (both online and in print), submitted stories to anthologies (one of which may be published!) and entered competitions.  In this last stage I’ve unexpectedly found a writing community that offers innovative stories but also even-handed critiquing.To evolve as a writer this is absolutely essential.

It’s following their advice that I’ve pushed myself out of the box yet further with my latest story for the Telegraph Short Story Competition April 2012. This time it’s in past tense, hopefully less choppy and on a lesser, more character orientated scale yet (fingers crossed) it still retains a decent story line.

So, on the subject of ‘whodunit’ here’s my offering…


Off’s Dead Continue reading

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The competing aims when writing articles for others (with a bit of Paul and Barry)

Small businesses have small websites often sidelined by Google and low in the search rankings. Each and every entrepreneur wants their website to become popular and their brand to be the first Google hit for a variety of searches. With popularity sales of their product or service will soar – or at least that’s the dream.

In fact trying to improve a websites search rankings while creating original, interesting content are often competing aims.


To Me, to You

The Chuckle brothers were way ahead of their time Continue reading

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Arno 33 months

Because The River is complete and Fifty-Two is awaiting an emotional core I’m beginning to draw again. After eight years away from pencils, sharpeners and erasers, below is the first sketchy portrait of my son, Arno. This is only the first ‘light-touch’ stage. Shading and filling in come later – you might need to squint to see it!


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Knights Highlights – March 2012

iPad 3

HD Gaming and home entertainment hub… it’s the Xbox360! eh?

It’s all just a Game

How Pointless is the Mobile Application Development Industry? More so than you might think…

Mobile World Congress 2012 part 1

The history of the MWC and Nokia’s midlife crisis.

Mobile World Congress 2012 part 2

The lowdown from MWC and an app suggestion Onlive should listen too.

Swimming

A shocking family secret…

The Best Budget Apps part 1

Does what it says on the tin.

The debt busting Debt Buster

The first of two budget-time articles based on Wooza Mobiles fantastic debt busting app!

The Future, Sooner Than You Think

An explanation of just what 4G is as well as 0G, 1G, 2G and 3G!

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