Posts Tagged ‘ Awards ’
The delights of IT customer service… no, really
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Anyone who listens to the PC Pro podcast may have noticed my absence over the last couple of weeks, as instead of sitting in the office annoying my colleagues I’ve been busy filling boxes with books, CDs and what can politely be called odds and ends – those innumerable items that “might come in useful” at some future and uncertain date. In other words, I had the delight of moving house.
But there was one surprisingly pleasant part to the whole process, and it’s surprising because it’s the aspect of moving I dreaded the most: changing my address details with all the service providers that take my money each month. (more…)
The 2008 anti-awards
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Welcome to Stuart Turton’s 2008 anti-awards. These are not voted for by the public, there’s no free booze, swanky trophy or glittering ceremony, and you better believe they’re biased. Here, in no particular order, are all the things that made my 2008 memorable, whether because they filled my head with happy, or just made my teeth itch.
Most embarrassing event of the year
The will they, won’t they, courtship between Microsoft and Yahoo was just about the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen. Yahoo couldn’t resist Microsoft’s bedroom eyes, but didn’t want to appear cheap, while Microsoft made the old lover’s mistake of seeming overeager. Microsoft proposed, Yahoo said no… for a bit, then yes, but it was too late, Microsoft was shunned and not coming back. Yahoo’s share price is now somewhere south of hell, Yang’s out of a job and Steve Ballmer needs a new plan. Worst first date ever.
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