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Do Something Different For Mother's Day: 18th March 2007

Do Something Different For Mother’s Day: 18th March 2007

Blah, blah, blah. Mother's Day is just a commercialised marketing frenzy. Jabber, jabber. Chocolates and flowers. Load of nonsense. Invented by Clinton's Cards etc etc. Well, it doesn't have to be. Do a bit of good on behalf of your mum and sponsor a safe birth in Ethiopia this year. We're ... Read more »
eBay Staff Blog Wiki

eBay Staff Blog Wiki

Shri Mahesh has cleverly put together a wiki for blogging eBayers. It's for staff past and present and a good idea, and hopefully a good way of keeping eBay staff in touch. There's certainly a lot of interesting stuff being said and done... and the wiki has only just begun. In particular, I ... Read more »
Plug in to BT Tradespace

Plug in to BT Tradespace

A few people have asked me what I've been up to, so I thought I'd blog about it. In the past few weeks I've been working with BT on their new project - BT Tradespace. BT Tradespace is potentially very powerful new business network that firms all over the world can plug into and find new ... Read more »
How big is eBay?

How big is eBay?

The papers never get it right. The eBay numbers that is. So it's worth revisiting them every now and again, especially since eBay reported Q406 and full 2006 numbers last week. It is dazzling how big eBay is. I've pulled this info from the earnings call, a transcript of which lives here. To ... Read more »
Scoop! eBay University Dates 2007

Scoop! eBay University Dates 2007

Hot of the Press, I've just received the 2007 eBay University dates. I'm personally planning to attend them all: hopefully see you there. Only 4 this year which I'm sure indicates that they will be bigger, with a different format and more exhibitors, networking opportunites and sessions. Keep ... Read more »
The Sunday Times on eBay Shill Bidding

The Sunday Times on eBay Shill Bidding

eBay fraud is big news. It does happen, of course it does, but it's nowhere close to the sensational levels that warrant a front page expose in the Sunday Times. You can read the article here. I certainly don't think shill bidding is 'widespread'. In fact, in my experience with eBay, shill ... Read more »
iPhone Illumination

iPhone Illumination

The story has been in all the papers, but I am grateful to Cian for this incisive, short and not too gimpy description of the benefits of the much praised iPhone. Here you go: Why ... Read more »
Check Out the Latest Edition of 'In Business'

Check Out the Latest Edition of ‘In Business’

I'm a huge fan of the BBC journalist Peter Day. He presides over the brilliant Radio 4 programme In Business and is often to be heard on the World Service. He's an intelligent broadcaster seeking out the new with an amazing ability to ask that killer question or pursue an incisive hunch. His ... Read more »
Costa Book Awards Sanction a Typo

Costa Book Awards Sanction a Typo

I'm not that proud for noticing this: I'm not the lovely Lynne Truss and I fully accept that we all make typos. In general, I'm pretty forgiving. But I couldn't resist pointing out this tiny mistake from the Costa Book Awards. They really ought to know better after ... Read more »
Good Clean Fun: Hate My Tory

Good Clean Fun: Hate My Tory

It’s not big or clever but for a giggle and a few fun filled moments, Hate My Tory is a lovely ... Read more »
Geograph: Photo-Sharing Fun

Geograph: Photo-Sharing Fun

In the Second World War as the Allies were planning for D-Day and other missions they often put out pleas to the country for pictures and photographs of places of potential military importance: the coast of northern France was a favourite. People would send in their holiday snaps and the ... Read more »
The Million Word Site

The Million Word Site

Pixelotto looks like it might be picking up but MMMZR has fallen at the first hurdle with its founder crying off citing losses and complaining about lawyer's fees. So what's next from the flurry of 'magic traffic driving' sites? The latest on the bandwagon is New Yorker Itzhak Schier aka ZiQui ... Read more »