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Continue reading →: Ecommerce 104 – the UK Business Startup Experience
Logic should have dictated a methodical approach to business processes. I suppose it did up to a point. I had considered the method for exchanging documents and decided that, with decent virus protection, I could reasonably open emailed documents and send back the polished copy by the same method. But…
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Continue reading →: Hung Parliament
Another political battle with an unexpected outcome. No clear majority for the Conservative Party, seven Sinn Fein MPs who won’t be taking their seats in the Palace of Westminster, ten DUP MPs who will be seeking deals with their Unionist buddies and only one elected Green Party MP in the…
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Continue reading →: Ecommerce 103 – the UK Business Startup Experience
Things are moving in the right direction at last. I have my business bank account sorted, my website’s Security Certificate was a bit of a joke…what they call a SSL is already included in the type of website I opted for. Luke, the Support guy knew his stuff, cancelled my…
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Continue reading →: Warum soll Ich hier bleiben?
Warum soll ich hier bleiben? Ich bin Artzt als Beruf, aber jetzt es gibt kein Freundlichkeit fur die Gastarbeiten. Vielleicht ich sollte irgend anders wohin gehen. BBC Radio 4’s Question Time programme had this question asked by a doctor in the audience. She spoke excellent English, but I have chosen…
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Continue reading →: Ale and Cider festival
One minor mishap made the start to my long weekend in Surbiton a bit fraught. Staggering in full from too many pints, I set the alarm for 4.30, drank a pint of water and went to bed. If only I had set the alarm to 4.30 am, instead of 4.30…
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Continue reading →: The Belfast Group
I recently came across another member of the Belfast Group of writers, Joan Newmann. The group included Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, James Simmons and others who attended the workshops organised by Philp Hobsbaum, an English lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). Joan Newmann’s slim booklet of poems, First Letter Home and…
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Continue reading →: Ecommerce 102 – the UK Business Startup Experience
Having wasted the chance to have a bespoke website built for me by a non-profit organisation, I looked at ways to do it myself. WordPress looked easy enough, but what did I know? Having set up some information on a few pages and posts, I realised that I lacked the expertise…
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Continue reading →: Ecommerce 101 – the UK Business Startup Experience
For some time I have been keen to set up an online business venture. My first foray into ecommerce was a website that offered custom written poems for all occasions. I used a template for the website and paid my monthly charges so that I did not have to worry…
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Continue reading →: Community Hub
David Puttnam, the renowned film director, has been living in Skibbereen, West Cork for 26 years. He was appointed the Digital Champion for Ireland and has achieved great changes in the technology infrastructure. Rural communities can follow the example of Skibereen. They set up a community digital data hub in a former cinema in the…
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