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Re: Labour’s commitment to disabled people

Steve O'Hear — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:28:01 -0000

The rhetoric here is fairly sound. But, sadly missing, is much in the way of brave policy. And, of course, the ILF closure is still being swept under the carpet. http://labourlist.org/2015/...

Re: An open letter to Ed Miliband: don’t close the Independent Living Fund

Steve O'Hear — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:10:11 -0000

Thanks Michael.

Re: An open letter to Ed Miliband: don’t close the Independent Living Fund

Steve O'Hear — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:00:29 -0000

Thanks, and well said.

Re: An open letter to Ed Miliband: don’t close the Independent Living Fund

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:14:44 -0000

Well, precisely.

Atos was a disaster, and makes it incredibly difficult to defend Labour on disability issues. With that said, Atos (which is really only an instrument of policy) got even worse under the Tories.

Pledging to save the ILF could be the beginnings of building a coalition of disabled people's support for Labour.

Re: How to use BlackBerry Q10 Instant Action! «Inside BlackBerry Help Blog

Steve O'Hear — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:22 -0000

I have the exact same bug. Very frustrating.

Re: Head to head: Nokia E6 and Blackberry Q10

Steve O'Hear — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:16:58 -0000

Coming from an E71 > E72 > E6 > Q10, I have to agree. The perfect switch if you want a portrait QWERTY.

Re: Dear Rafe Blandford, what Nokia phone should I buy…?

Steve O'Hear — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:49 -0000

E55, for a half-QWERTY :-)

Re: Happy 9th Birthday ReadWriteWeb!

Steve O'Hear — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:06:13 -0000

Well done Richard. And thanks for the break you gave me along the way.

Re: New Beepl Social Q&A Service Wants To Predict Your Questions — Can It? - SocialTimes.com

Steve O'Hear — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:54:46 -0000

Thanks for checking out Beepl and, yes, we've had a lot of coverage and traffic, which has kept the team (and servers) busy. Also, the more users, the more questions in the system, the better our matching algorithm will work. So it gets better/smarter the more you (and other users) use the site.

Re: ReadWriteWeb Acquired by SAY Media

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:03:32 -0000

Congrats Richard, it looks like hard work pays off. Look forward to seeing where RWW goes next but I'm sure it's in safe hands. Enjoyed being a tiny part of the early days :)

Re: Nokia Windows Phone: A Pricing Advantage?

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:53:25 -0000

Like analysts ever made much sense. I think you're spot on Ben, the aggressive pricing here is a big part of the story.

Re: Amateur sports network Pitchero hits 1m monthly uniques – aims to cash in on Rugby World Cup

Steve O'Hear — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:16:35 -0000

That's fair to say :)

Big footy fan though.

Re: Wonga won The Startup100 awards, not Spotify

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:11:24 -0000

How is it not for a tech journalist/blogger to question a startup's business model's ethics? I write what I want to write and always will do, trying to be fair at the same time. The day I can't express my opinion (as long as that's transparent) is the day I'm out.

Re: The Roundabout Tapes – Documenting the startups of Silicon Roundabout

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 18 May 2011 06:59:17 -0000

TC Europe Cribs! I like it but you'd have to track me down first ;)

Re: No lock-in here – WiMP calls for industry to support playlist import/export

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:12:45 -0000

I think the issue isn't the standard itself but the lack of industry support for it.

Re: StylistPick appoints ex-Marie Claire editor as co-founder before competitors turn up the heat

Steve O'Hear — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:25:25 -0000

I suspect it reflects their status within the company and, specifically, the equity they hold. That's how it usually works when the co-founder title is applied in retrospect.

Re: Forget the banks, join a London startup – Silicon Milkroundabout aims to tackle brain-drain

Steve O'Hear — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:49:13 -0000

Fixed.

Re: Less altruism, more capitalism – Flattr users no longer need to give to receive

Steve O'Hear — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:41:07 -0000

It was unintentional.

Re: A 17 year-old high school drop out tackles mobile advertising with MobFox

Steve O'Hear — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:40:53 -0000

Classy.

Re: A 17 year-old high school drop out tackles mobile advertising with MobFox

Steve O'Hear — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:40:39 -0000

But you were 17 when you launched MobFox, right?

Re: Huddle hopes to wean UK government off SharePoint

Steve O'Hear — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:21:33 -0000

Thanks :)

Re: No ‘coupon-chasers’ here – Whatser wants to help local businesses reward customer loyalty

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:03:11 -0000

I think the idea is more to reward and leverage loyal customers who in turn will share those offers, thus becoming ambassadors the brand.

Re: No ‘coupon-chasers’ here – Whatser wants to help local businesses reward customer loyalty

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:02:11 -0000

Leaving anonymous comments isn't very classy :)

Re: No ‘coupon-chasers’ here – Whatser wants to help local businesses reward customer loyalty

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:04:15 -0000

Snark is a trick of the trade I guess. I thought the 'coupon-chasers' was quite aggressive as Groupon's model is evolving considerably but most of all I wanted to highlight it as part of Whatser's marketing pitch, which worked. But, hey, if you think it was bad form, fair enough.

Re: Happy Birthday, ReadWriteWeb! A Look Back at 8 Years of RWW Designs

Steve O'Hear — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:39:19 -0000

Things are good. We should catch up on Skype sometime!