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Re: What was your first computer?

simonash — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:41:03 -0000

I had a Sinclair ZX81 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX81), with 1K RAM. I couldn't afford the 16K add on. But then Christmas 83 Santa brought me a ZX Spectrum, with colour *and* a whooping 48K.

Still my favourite present ever.

Re: ONE Quick and Dirty Twitter ORM Tip

simonash — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:02:29 -0000

Marty's right - why not just use Tweetdeck?
You can set it not only for your name, but also anything else you want to monitor. Or take the search results and feed it into your RSS reader. Or set up an alert at Tweetbeep and have them emailed to you. All much more efficient and easier than keeping a FF tab open, don't you think?

Re: Nice Move Wachovia

simonash — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:55:45 -0000

Oh, Lucas - so cynical!

I know it's not a lot, but I think it's a nice gesture all the same. It would probably make me think better of them if I got on, just every so often, not necessarily every time.

And it's not a replacement for that personal touch, but if you're going to an ATM, there's not a whole lot they can do about that anyway...

Re: 5 More Products from the Makers of Mail Googles

simonash — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:16:00 -0000

Thanks, Stacey - I do think Ebay Eliza would be great, although I doubt the sellers would see it that way.

Re: Seth Godin likes good head

davedelaney — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:56:07 -0000

Thanks very much. I'm thrilled to be on it.
As for the attention grabbing title, I was taught by the best:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/typepad/sethsmainblog :-)

Cheers,
Dave

Re: Seth Godin likes good head

simonash — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:07:02 -0000

That's great - congratulations.

(what an attention grabbing title too!)

Re: Recession is Good For Technology and Innovation? Are You Nuts?

jacobmorgan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:37:47 -0000

hey simon, i wasn't trying to sound down or gloomy, i was just trying to be realistic. in fact i'm actually a pretty optimistic and cheerful fellow.

i have many contacts who are struggling that are in the tech sector and what i hear from the trenches and what i read online are very contradictory.

to me, someone saying that good can from a recession doesn't mean anything because if you think about it, good can come from pretty much anything, it;s stating the obvious.

i know the recession is not a good thing (as does everyone else). i would categorize myself not as angry, but as passionate, passionate about people.

of course we have been through tough economic hardships and i know we will get through this one too, but offering advice and assistance during tough times vs telling people that innovation and technology will flourish are 2 very different things. we're talking about national/global effects here, not just silicon valley. the post from o'reily seems to work within the silicon valley world which is not representative of the rest of the tech space.

sure we will get through this and yes there can be some good that comes from it, but when stories like this make the front page of techmeme while google and apple are getting slaughtered then there's something wrong with the message that's getting sent out.

thanks again for reading and commenting simon!

Re: Recession is Good For Technology and Innovation? Are You Nuts?

simonash — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:02:37 -0000

Hey Jacob - while I understand your anger, I do think (and hope) that you're wrong on this one. I put my thoughts together here: http://www.simsagency.com/2008/10/can-good-can-...
But basically, saying that good can come from a recession isn't the same as saying a recession is a good thing.
This country, and the world, have been through economic hardships before, but advances in technology have helped pull them out again. I am constantly optimistic about the power of people to do amazing things.

Re: The Official Nashville Twitter List

davedelaney — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:22:17 -0000

Of course. I'm glad I was able to inspire you. :-) Good luck with the
project.
Cheers.
Dave

Re: The Official Nashville Twitter List

simonash — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:23:54 -0000

Hey Dave - great idea!

We liked it so much we, um, stole it! (http://www.simsagency.com/2008/10/introducing-t...) - hope that's ok.

Re: Social Media & Ghostbusters - The Art of Being Prepared

simonash — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:08:28 -0000

Thanks, Lyn - me too!

Re: Google Adwords - Tweaking All the Way to the Bank

simonash — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:47:41 -0000

Thanks! I'm glad to hear you're liking them - anything in particular that's improved for you?

Re: How to Blow $100,000 on Word of Mouth Advertising

simonash — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:05:48 -0000

You're right, Jan. My apologies. I'm British, and as we keep rejecting the Euro, I forget!

That should read, "their hard-earned Euros..." - thanks!

Re: How to Blow $100,000 on Word of Mouth Advertising

simonash — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:16:56 -0000

Thanks Lyn. It really is frustrating, isn't it?

We should get them to give *us* a grant - I'd bet we could get 10x more visitors to come for $25k than this will bring!

Re: Wordpress Password Error? Here is the Solution!

simonash — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:41:11 -0000

I was following your plight on Twitter yesterday, so now I've bookmarked this post in case I ever fall foul of the WP password-demons - glad you got it figured out!