Google Earth for iPhone

Am loving the newly launched Google Earth for iPhone. Above is the
Chelmsford offices of Cleveratom. Simply tipping the phone about in my
hand alters the perspective on the screen.

With our work at BAFTA with GeoArt yesterday this all fits very nicely.

Manchester Eye

Last night after our meal with our latest project partner (BBC Blast)
I really wanted to go on the Manchester Eye but at £4 per person for a
very short ride it's a rip off.

The last two days in Salford have been great. Cleveratom have been
tasked as project managers for the BBC Blast Truck redesign. Hal and I
have enjoyed working with the team to find out what works, needs
improvement and we are now working to redesign the truck and its
associated spaces to fit with learning needs. Youth panel next!

Great fun.

Northern Trains Overcrowding

And I thought National Express East Anglia was bad! Whoever specified
a two carriage train from Salford to Stockport to cope with rush hour
really needs an appraisal.

Ryanair emails and free ideas

I don't ever remember signing up to receive offer emails from Ryanair
but they arrive almost daily, to the point where Ryanair looks
desperate.

This evening I clicked the link to unsubscribe and was bemused to read
that a further email would be sent to confirm that I had been
unsubscribed when a simple message on the page telling me I'd been
removed is all that was needed.

Here is some free business ideas and advice to both Ryanair and Easyjet.

Ryanair have announced that it will soon be possible to make mobile
telephone calls in flight, Ryanair making money by providing the
connection. Ryanair have finally seen the opportunity to tap into
having a plane full of customers to sell other products and services
(other than tea and Pringles) to on the flight so the could....

Put in screens on seat headrests with access to 30 minute tv shows for
a small fee per show.

Offer on the screens access to the Argos catalogue (and other stores)
so people can order goods while in flight (Ryanair get a cut of the
sale).

Offer me a free flight paid for by advertisers putting targeted
interactive adverts on the screen in front of me.

And finally ... Make it possible for a passenger to book a hotel and
travel while in flight (and take a cut of that transaction). ... TV
screens in headrests don't have to be only about delivering
entertainment.

65222 text spam messages

I wonder how many people fall for these SMS spam messages and miss the
fact that these offers are for messages sent from the web? I bet
people spend a fortune trying to get out of these junk deals.

Why are o2 allowing these messages (which I assume are sent in volume
to lots of their customers) to get through, let me guess, they make
money out of them too even though they cause frustration (and for
some, financial missery) for their customers.

I'm sick of an increased amount of text message spam and spam phone
calls to my mobile.

Danny Wallace's Friends like these.

Genius, best yet. Read it.

Dabs.com and honesty is not always the best policy

The above screenshot is from the dabs.com website, on a product page.

I was just about to buy an item from dabs.com but am put off by a
review by a previous customer review of the item published on the
dabs.com product page.

Honesty of a previous customer has informed me of a poor levels if
customer service I might have to experience if my product goes wrong.

What amazes me is that dabs.com have obviously not vetted this post
(with a resolution for the customer included in that process) and have
now scared me off to amazon.co.uk to spend my money.

Updating Applications on iPhone

Why is it that when I update an application on the iPhone using the
'updates' feature the updated application is moved to the last place
available in the menu? Facebook was on my first page, and where it was
after the update is now an empty space and I have to move the
application back into space.

Why is this?

Sent from my iPhone