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Re: So Long! So Long, I’ll Be Moving, Moving On

Peter Handley — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:41:37 -0000

Thanks buddy! Been a pleasure working with you my friend :) and I'm sure we'll catch up again before too long!

Glad you liked the videos -took me ages getting them to just the right spot!

Re: So Long! So Long, I’ll Be Moving, Moving On

Dave Colgate — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:30:35 -0000

Good luck buddy! Wishing you all the best! Learnt an awful lot from you and felt I got a lot of support from you too. Hope we all get to catch up regularly in the future. Loving the appropriately placed songs in the post too!

Re: Meeting Old Friends for the First Time

Ingo Bousa — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:16:43 -0000

My name ingo. dont be sad! if You like come write me on the internet mail network. We can be friends. long time. X

Re: Meeting Old Friends for the First Time

Ingo Bousa — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:12:26 -0000

First time I dropped my drink in public. Ever.

Re: Meeting Old Friends for the First Time

Goosh — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:25:56 -0000

You've managed to sum up the whole "experience" perfectly. Back when I met the first person I met online in "real life" in 1996 it was classed as really sad, loner type stuff.

Thankfully that has changed as people have accepted that and embraced it as a great way of meeting new people.

Re: Meeting Old Friends for the First Time

Rhys — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:47:46 -0000

Totally agree mate :) - We're not all axe murderers on the internet!

Great to meet you again. See you at the next one, if not sooner :)

Re: Twitter – a place where real communities form

Giselle — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:15:41 -0000

People often ask me "why do bad things happen? And if there is a God, why does he take good people?" Experience has shown me that these tragic events are the catalyst to make us stop look & listen. To take our focus off of the temporal material world & provoke us to remember the one thing that matters most. True value. Love. }i{

Re: Twitter – a place where real communities form

Tad Chef — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:35:42 -0000

Beautiful post. Kudos. It reflects the way I felt about Jaamit as well.

Re: Twitter – a place where real communities form

Paul — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:33:25 -0000

Really nice post, Pete. I saw the moving tributes and shocked comments about Jaamit yesterday.

I never met him and didn't follow him on Twitter. But, through the activity on Twitter yesterday I was able to understand that Jaamit was an excellent person who improved the lives of those he met. Very sad stuff, yet at the same time encouraging to see so much genuine support and warmth.

Take care mate.

Paul

Re: How do you get people to like you on Twitter?

Peter Handley — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:56:18 -0000

Cheers Rhys :)

I was quite a late starter for twitter, didn't join til last year, though have tried to engage as much possible particularly over the last 12 months when I really started to converse with people.

I'm pretty sure if I wanted too, I could have more than a 1000 followers on twitter, but would likely have a less engaging following.

Case in point today - I mention its my birthday and get almost 70 messages of goodwill from people that I have invested time into building a relationship with. If I had built 10k of spammy followers would I have had the same level of warmth from people?

I suspect not!

Re: How do you get people to like you on Twitter?

Rhys — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:39:21 -0000

Been meaning to comment on this post.

I completely agree with you Pete! It's amazing how many people say "wow! You've have over 1,000 followers! How did you do that?" to me. Honestly there's 2 ways.

1. Have a wide variety of interests (I'd wager at least 200 of them are people NOT associated with marketing/seo/whatever)

2. Be on Twitter since 2007.

Would I consider myself a social media expert? Of course not. Would I be considered one? Maybe....

Re: How do you get people to like you on Twitter?

Peter Handley — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:53:55 -0000

Haha, thanks Greg, I sure will!

Good to meet you yesterday as well :)

Re: How do you get people to like you on Twitter?

Greg Dreyfus — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:49:41 -0000

Great blog post .... Keep tweeting ur peterisms ;-)

Re: Reflections on #BrightonSEO

Peter Handley — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:55:21 -0000

Let's hope so!

I'm looking forward to Zachs talk too, tho I have to confess to not knowing much about the subject matter :)

Re: Reflections on #BrightonSEO

Colin Welch — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:06:14 -0000

Looking forward to the next one - Zac's talk sounds interesting! Let's hope we get to do as exciting write ups this time round...

Heather

Re: Reflections on #BrightonSEO

Peter Handley — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:48:21 -0000

I can see where you are coming from, though I do understand Paul's point to a degree.

SEOs are quite good at churning out large volumes of dubious value content, and I think he was looking to form a relationship between the 2.

After all, we need content and they produce it - the problem is SEOs can get content far cheaper than a journalists rates of 'good enough' quality for the purposes its used for.

I suppose though, much like there are SEOs of dubious quality around, the same can be said for journalism standards at times!

I'm looking forward to the next one too - only a few weeks away! Seeya there!

Re: Reflections on #BrightonSEO

Daniel — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:56:39 -0000

Was a brilliant day. and i cant wait for the next. i found some comment quite intriuging. i was puzzled by something you said ''Paul’s thrust on this was that many journalists have lost their jobs in recent years because of the rise of the Internet'' maybe if they wernt compulsive liars it might have somthing to do with it???????????????

Re: Time keeps on slipping…

Peter Handley — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:14:11 -0000

Here is hoping my man. Progress in terms of treatment - just have to see if it helps!

Re: Time keeps on slipping…

Jamie — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:51:39 -0000

That sucks mate, though from reading your Twitter it sounds like things are on the up with Mich's back

Re: Becoming a Leader

Carly Wood — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:23:20 -0000

If you haven't already, read Seth Godin's tribes - it's quite inspiring and really makes you want to become the 'leader' of your tribe...

Re: Quick Easy Dinners

Wedding Magician - Roger Lapin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:27:58 -0000

I have bookmarked this site and will be visiting regularly - i love cooking. After a day at work there is nothing more relaxing than taking time cooking a nice meal with a few bottles of cold bear on the go!

Re: Digital Economy Bill – My MP Mike Hancock’s Response

Punky Spunksmith — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:44:51 -0000

A responses from my MP, Angela Smith (Lab, Hboro, Sheffield. As you can see, she doesnt have a fucking clue.

Dear Constituent,

Thank you for your recent email concerning the digital economy bill and the prospect of this bill becoming legislation.

Although I would have voted in favour of the bill at its second reading, none of the opposition parties provided any opposition to advancing the bill. As a consequence of this, no vote was held and so the bill progressed to committee stage unopposed. I do however feel compelled to explain the reasons why I was in favour of the bill’s passage at second reading.

It is the case that businesses crucial to the UK’s media and technology economy will greatly benefit from the implementation of the bill. Such companies include Channel 4, whose main benefit would be an extension of its public service remit. The Bill will legally require Channel 4 to invest in film, thereby securing its already considerable commitment to this medium.

The other provision I strongly support is that relating to the strengthening of online protection of children and young teenagers. There have been numerous cases of children downloading information, using internet gaming and using social networking sites without their parents’ supervision or permission. The internet is one of the most influential and therefore powerful tools in the world, and there is little doubt that this level of unregulated and free information can have dangerous consequences on an impressionable mind.

A major area of controversy that the bill seeks to readdress would be the issue of online gaming. Rather than there being two regulatory boards examining and classifying the suitability of games, there would now be just one, avoiding the confusion on gaming suitability that currently exists. Secondly, the bill would put in place a strict procedure when games rated for ages 12, 16 and 18 are supplied to people under these ages, as it simplifies and clarifies the law on age-related status for retailers, parents and children, ensuring that children are not exposed to any material that is not deemed appropriate for them. Finally, it will create an age ratings system harmonised across 30 European countries so that children will not become exposed to offensive gaming material from other countries. Whilst the majority of research conducted on the internet is useful and informative, I believe that where we can take reasonable measures to protect children then this action should be taken.

It is also the case that the Bill has been thoroughly debated in the Lords and amended in relation to the provisions on copyright. It is my understanding that a clear and effective appeal mechanism has been put in place and that before Regulations could be implemented there would be full consultation and Parliamentary scrutiny.

Re: Digital Economy Bill – My MP Mike Hancock’s Response

Peter Handley — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:14:42 -0000

I thought that this was likely to be a stock response!

Re: Digital Economy Bill – My MP Mike Hancock’s Response

Peter Handley — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:24:50 -0000

I thought that this was likely to be a stock response!

Re: Pissed off with Blogger removing FTP

David Lawrenson — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:36:35 -0000

Thanks for the feedback, that was most useful