Don't You Love That Personal Touch?

The email sent to me

When you get an email from a business, you tend to know that you are one of many thousands receiving it.

The same is true of mail shots, pop-up windows etc. etc.

The addition of your name may make the immature or gullible feel that they are being specially targeted for the special offer or services being promoted.

But the truth is a million miles away.

How refreshing therefore that Thomson Local sent me an email that deviated from the norm.

Just call me [Firstname] Hurley!

A Hurley at MSN... me next?

James Hurley is the music editor at MSN and has authored books on travel, cinema and music.

It seems, as with Chad Hurley, the Hurley name is spreading through the upper echelons of the internet.

I await the call of the headhunters! ;-)

The Blogosphere Recognises a Huge Anniversary of Great Importance

Happy first birthday to my best man's blog.

He is too humble to say how great his blog is, so someone has to do it for him.

Now we just have to wait to find someone who thinks his blog is great and we're all sorted! ;-)

I don't know how old my blog is. I've learnt to try and ignore birthdays... my own out of sheer horror; other peoples just because I'm "of an age." 

Luckily there's an invention that allows you to be reminded of other peoples' birthdays just before they happen: it's called a "mum."

Oh Microsoft and Apple would like us to think they can do better,  but God has been perfecting his line in mums for quite some time...