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More is better – right?

Wrong. Better is better.

Have you ever sacked a client?

I have. It’s not something I make a habit of, and I have to be really sure before taking such a radical step.

Somebody I know has far fewer reservations. She has a regular client cull, taking the ‘toxic clients’ (her words) and the ‘crazy-makers’ (ouch) and [...]

Add more power to your PowerPoint

Help your audience dodge those bullets

We’ve all experienced the famous ‘death by PowerPoint’.

It’s a painful process: slide after endless slide, oceans of text (usually in a tiny point size), and enough bullets to wipe out an entire regiment.

It’s stressful enough standing in front of people without having a presentation that works against you. So here [...]

Two links and an iPod

Writing for the web, questioning what you know, and the irresistible appeal of a slinky little number

OK, slinky little number first.

This week, Steve Jobs came back from the dead and announced the new range of iPods.

It’s not the first time (for the iPods, not the resurrection). This time last year, he did the [...]

The trouble with technology…

…is the technology. Sometimes, it’s simply not enough.

When was the last time you saved a Word document as HTML?

Never, right? Same here. And yet it’s more than 11 years since Microsoft announced that the document format of the future was HTML.

I should know. I announced it.

I can see myself now: standing in front [...]