A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Last week’s etiquette column seemed to strike a chord with many people so I’ve been checking out other sites for the well-intentioned and well-mannered. Etiquette Hell lives up to its name, with tales of bridezillas, rude co-workers and funeral faux pas. Categorised by wedding, everyday […]
Etiquette for everyone Read Post »
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Last week, a colleague e-mailed another colleague and received a reply that included mention of her breach e-mail etiquette in not using the recipient’s name at the start of the message. Apart from the fact that using a name at the start of a message
Vital tips on e-mail etiquette Read Post »
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Good morning. I don’t know what time it is out there in newspaper reader land but at the time of writing this it’s 5.41 on a rainy Wednesday morning. Not being able to sleep, I decided to see what I could find on the net
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Is it your birthday today? If it is, you share it with Burt Reynolds’ former main squeeze Loni Anderson and Neil Armstrong, the original moonwalker (Michael Jackson, eat your heart out). If you want to know more about famous birthdays, then check out the
Surfing for memories Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Top New Zealand auction site Trade Me has had a bit of a facelift during the past couple of weeks. Trade Me’s management team had been promising the revamp for months in an effort to break some of the auction categories into smaller groups and
Trade Me: listen to the masses Read Post »
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) The internet has had a huge impact on our day-to-day lives and now it’s starting to make an impression on our day-to-day language. Not so many years ago, the average punter (myself included) would have been baffled by talk of modems, megabytes and meta tags.
The evolution of language Read Post »
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) With so many worms, Trojans, viruses and other nasties lurking online these days it’s more important than ever to make sure your anti-virus software is up to date and to keep yourself educated on what these little suckers are capable of, and what they are
Plague on your desktop Read Post »
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) It could be said that the internet has made us somewhat antisocial when it comes to family and friends as we spend endless hours gazing at a monitor and ignoring all other living beings under the same roof. On the other hand, the internet is
Close friends out, total strangers in Read Post »
