Ed Miliband

This will make you really cross: make your customers laugh at you…!

Ed Miliband has made British strikers angry today; he has distanced himself from their action, saying it is wrong. (Quick aside: why is it called “action” when striking actually means NOT doing something…?) Anyway, I digress, the result of his Tweet this morning has been that strikers have become more …

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Annoyed by websites

7 ways to annoy your website visitors

Andy Murray annoys me; there, I’ve said it. The current centre-court darling makes my blood boil. SMILE for heaven sake…you are doing what you supposedly enjoy…and you are quite good at it….! And SHAVE….! Or grow a proper beard, but leaving a bit of fluff on your face smacks of …

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Can you trust anyone online?

Trust. It is fundamental to your private and your business life. Stop trusting your spouse and your marriage is doomed. Stop trusting your colleagues and your work-life is doomed. Stop trusting what you read online and…..? New research from the USA shows us that trust is in short supply these …

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When is a blog post not a blog post? When it is something else..!

So, the other day I quizzed you; what did I intend to write based on this psychological research? Well, thanks for the comments, the Tweets and the emails – much appreciated. But no-one got the point – because there wasn’t one…! Ha ha, LOL, fooled you..! [swfobj src=”http://www.grahamjones.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pencil_questionmark.swf” align=”right”]The research …

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Surprise…! This is not a blog post…..!

Here’s what I want you to do – work out what I would have written about today, based on this research summary. Over to you…! Comments invited….! Tomorrow I’ll provide the answer – unless you get there before me….!

We need to meet face to face

Face to face is essential for online people

American Congressman, Anthony Weiner is probably regretting he ever sent a former porn star a photo of his private parts via his mobile phone; he has had to resign from his position of power. But he is not the first person to be involved in a “sexting” scandal – sending …

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Graham Jones appointed Web Award Judge

Internet Psychologist Graham Jones has been appointed as a judge in the international  competition, The Web Awards. These are run each year by the Web Marketing Association in a bid to find the best websites in the world. Graham said: “I am delighted to have been selected as a judge …

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Amy Winehouse

Be nasty to your website visitors

Poor Amy Winehouse eh? Fancy being an international star and being booed off stage. How rude. Or you might think it is rude to ask people to pay you and then turn up to entertain them, apparently drunk. Either way, what is clear is that the audience at the Belgrade …

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The Sun

I was interviewed by The Sun yesterday to help them with their feature on Facebook published today.

Some people may regret what they post on Facebook

Are Facebook users stupid?

Joanne Fraill, a hitherto unknown mother of three from Manchester, is going down in history as the first ever person to face criminal prosecution for the inappropriate use of the Internet during a Crown Court trial. If you haven’t caught up with the news, Ms Fraill used Facebook to contact …

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Daily Mail

I’m a Page 3 boy today…! I’m quoted in today’s Daily Mail – I was in Italy when I got the call from the Daily Mail reporter in New York for a paper printed in London…! Anyway, the article is about Facebook Fatique.

Do you make website guesses

Your website could be harmed by assumption

Oh what a to-do..! Peter Smedley died last night on British TV; it was the first ever broadcast of a suicide on our TV screens and it has caused a furore this morning. The BBC is facing harsh criticism and the programme’s public face, author Terry Pratchett, is being rushed …

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HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edniburgh 90 Today: By Flickr user Steve Punter derivative work: Andibrunt via Wikimedia Commons

Prince Philip reminds us of the internet

Prince Philip, the Duke Of Edinburgh is 90 today – Happy Birthday old chap. In a much-publicised interview with the BBC’s Fiona Bruce he was brusque, pompous and downright rude. He won’t care I said that because, as he admitted in the interview he simply does not care what we …

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