David Hughes » business http://www.davidhughes.org Fri, 10 May 2013 12:43:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Field Notes – From Seed http://www.davidhughes.org/field-notes-from-seed/ http://www.davidhughes.org/field-notes-from-seed/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:03:49 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=5389 I love Field Notes, and I love Draplin, and this is just wonderful.

I have a real thing for early 20th century American graphic design; I love the … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/field-notes-from-seed/feed/ 0 Instagram Back Pedals on Terms of Service http://www.davidhughes.org/instagram-back-pedals-on-terms-of-service/ http://www.davidhughes.org/instagram-back-pedals-on-terms-of-service/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:49:12 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=5223 Earlier today Instagram posted Updated Terms of Service Based on Your Feedback on their blog in which they say (emphasis theirs)

The concerns we heard about from you the most

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]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/instagram-back-pedals-on-terms-of-service/feed/ 0 Dear Retailers http://www.davidhughes.org/dear-retailers/ http://www.davidhughes.org/dear-retailers/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:56:41 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=4792 Contrary to what you seem to think, changing the layout of your store does not result in me buying more.

It results in me not finding what I was looking … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/dear-retailers/feed/ 0 Work Life Balance http://www.davidhughes.org/work-life-balance/ http://www.davidhughes.org/work-life-balance/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:26:37 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=2925 Whilst rummaging through my Instapaper queue for some lunchtime reading I found this video.

I was struck by this comment:

thousands of people… working long hard hours, at jobs they

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]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/work-life-balance/feed/ 1 Social Media Policies http://www.davidhughes.org/social-media-policies/ http://www.davidhughes.org/social-media-policies/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:52:22 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=2837 I attended an “industry event” last week. In conversations over coffee I learnt that BT has a social media policy that is 32 pages in length, and written in pure … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/social-media-policies/feed/ 0 Monetising Twitter Trending Topics http://www.davidhughes.org/monetising-twitter-trending-topics/ http://www.davidhughes.org/monetising-twitter-trending-topics/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:51:58 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=1328 I don’t like or normally use the term “monetise”, but it is the big question hanging over Twitter; how are they gonna make money from this thing?

We saw … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/monetising-twitter-trending-topics/feed/ 0 Psion and Intel Reach "Amicable Agreement" http://www.davidhughes.org/psion-and-intel-reach-amicable-agreement/ http://www.davidhughes.org/psion-and-intel-reach-amicable-agreement/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:20:55 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=1086 I know I said I was taking a break but there is a conclusion to the Psion netbook trademark fiasco that I felt I should publish for completeness.

It seems … Continue reading →

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Intel are joining Dell in challenging Psion’s claim to the netbook trademark.

I realise that Dell and Intel’s motives are purely commercial, but I dislike the patent and trademark … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.davidhughes.org/now-intel-is-challenging-psion-netbook-claim/feed/ 0 Psion and the netBook Trademark http://www.davidhughes.org/psion-and-the-netbook-trademark/ http://www.davidhughes.org/psion-and-the-netbook-trademark/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:23:45 +0000 David Hughes http://www.davidhughes.org/?p=842 As an ex-Psion employee I was disappointed and a little saddened to learn of Psion’s spurious trademark claim to the word netbook. Psion were once a great technology company … Continue reading →

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