PostsSentiment Analysis on Twitter 16th March 2012 5:14 PM Not personally, but can imagine this will become an interesting arena. Is this something you are looking to get into or are already there? Groupon made to improve 16th March 2012 1:17 PM Was talking about this during dinner. Groupon seems to be turning into a name for "crap deal". You could sit in a nice restaurant and have a nice meal, or you can have a groupon meal with your restricted menu, limitations and very cheap plonk (sorry everything else is extra)  Does seem to be endless horror stories. Does make you wonder now if the Groupon board look back in hindsight at that obscene offer Google made to buy them, which they turned down... Sentiment Analysis on Twitter 16th March 2012 12:09 PM Have you tried Twitter Sentiment? Twitter Sentiment - Directory Results I think the technology is very much in its infancy but has a big future as business get more social, and the creators of Twitter Sentiment come from a good stable Third Generation iPad Launched (its not an iPad3 though) 16th March 2012 11:52 AM “They would had sold more if Tesco had honoured that Businesses that Aren't Yours but that You'd Recommend 16th March 2012 11:16 AM “I seem to recall there was a thread where we can suggest a business that deserves a recommendation...” Bit of forum magic, and your post is now in it Have stickied the thread for the time being, but if it gets abused by self promo's then I'll close it. Is Afghanistan set to be the next Vietnam? 15th March 2012 2:41 PM Was interesting to watch the President and PM's speech on the TV yesterday. Some good spin, and lots of feel good stuff, how much better things are, and how the Afghan security forces are now looking after large chunks of area themselves, markets reopening etc. Also mentioned NATO will be keeping an eye on events if they did deteriorate in years to come. All sounded great, just hope it doesn't become one of those speeches that comes back and haunts... Becoming a Non Smoker 14th March 2012 11:10 PM Top man Ray Soon you'll be talking in weeks not days, then months... As you have now officially quit smoking on a public forum, you do know there's now no going back Is Afghanistan set to be the next Vietnam? 14th March 2012 11:13 AM Ok, time for some controversy, over a very emotive subject... Although in hind-site, I'll confess to agreeing to the decision to topple the Taliban and to put troops in Afghanistan, and the arguments put forward at the time seemed convincing. But with the ongoing regular tragic deaths and IED mutilations of coalition troops, atrocities from rogue Afghan forces, and now the recent atrocity from a coalition soldier, you do wonder what has been really achieved. The US President and UK PM are working out an advanced timeline to remove us from the frontline, and to hand over security to the Afghans, which has to be a good thing, or at least for us. But once the backup and support has gone, will the Afghan security forces be strong enough to resist Taliban pressure? Their families will be leaving in fear, you can imagine corruption and insurgents slowly sliding into the mechanisms of power. Will all the good stuff, reforms, womens rights, kids education, schools and other infrastructure projects be in vain? If the Taliban take full control, do we have to go back in, in a few years? You'd think the UK would have known better, read any history book, we've been here before, countless times in different places  As extraction dates for combat forces are brought forward, does anyone else have that image of the US Helicopter on the Embassy roof in Saigon? I don't think anyone will argue about the job done by Coalition forces, I only hope it wasn't simply a tragic waste of life. Fuel crisis 14th March 2012 10:33 AM “Aha! Then you still need renewables! You dont' need solar you need an electric car!  ”If only! My standard electric car rant... Design an electric 4x4 capable of towing a 2 ton caravan and give it a range of at least 400 miles, and bring it in for about the same price of the current crop of 4x4's, and I'll buy one tomorrow Local Business Directories 14th March 2012 10:27 AM “..so we are focused more on getting quality backlinks from Australian business directories like True Local, Flying Solo Directory, Start Local, Hotfrog etc.” Interesting, we flirted with the idea of launching in Oz after the States, but the geography versus volume of population is staggering, so we put it on the back burner, thinking it wouldn't work for our model, your nearest local business could be 600 miles away  I know Adam from wampit launched in Oz, be interesting to hear how that's going or you have seen any local visibility? |
