Advances in technology virtually render saying goodbye obsolete

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 5 November, 2009 to the trends subset

The way we used to live… saying goodbye to friends or relatives who were departing on long-haul international flights, to seemingly far-distant lands used to be a major event, now the conversation and rapport can resume on Twitter or Facebook within 24 hours, if that.

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The website you’re designing for us must glow in the dark

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 9 December, 2008 to the comment subset

Some useful guidelines to assist web designers in working out when it is time to fire their client/s:
Client wants the best. Once you tell him what the best costs, he asks if you can scale back. You craft a scaled-back proposal, but, without disclosing a budget or even hinting at what might be viable for [...]

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The continuing voyages of the English language

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 28 November, 2008 to the comment subset

A standout moment in an otherwise less than standout Star Trek movie, The Final Frontier is Spock’s use of the word marshmelon instead of marshmallow, during a camp out in Yosemite National Park.
Some Trek fans argue it is an error by Spock, who is slightly out of touch with camping rituals on Earth (not surprising [...]

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