Archives: May, 2006

David Petherick — May 10, 2006, 8:00 am

When Acronyms CAN be useful…

I have never been a fan of acronyms. Until now…
ASAP for As Soon As Possible makes sense, not least for its brevity – it is short and to the point, but the over-use of acronyms can simply confuse and make real meaning difficult to see, and is a ploy regularly used by those numpties who [...]

David Petherick — May 3, 2006, 5:00 pm

Online Networking: Now it’s BBCu, not BBC2…

The headline in the Financial Times on 25th April was: BBC to shake up web with more interactivity. Thomas Power of Ecademy brought this to my attention in his recent blog.
It’s been a while coming, but the BBC’s Action Network started the ball rolling in this direction, and it’s no surprise to me that they [...]

David Petherick — May 1, 2006, 12:30 pm

Make money every minute on Skype.

If you charge for your time, why not charge for time you spend talking on Skype?
The technology has now arrived to let you do this – and Ecademy is at the front of the pack as ever, offering its members special access to the revolutionary JyvePro beta software from Jyve.
To see the demo, get more [...]