Canned responses aren’t indicative of good customer service
Canned responses serve no purpose other than to irritate and frustrate the recipient. I do not understand why companies insist of preparing and using them.
Author Archive for Rob
Techie, Jailbreaker, Apple blogger, married, father of two, hugely interested in social media, photography & anything online. Living the dream!
I don’t do New Year Resolutions so I set some goals instead
don’t do New Year Resolutions. Other than one major one I actually made (and have kept) several years ago, there are very few things that I find are necessary to promise myself I’ll do
Jan 01, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Trial complete: A look at Apple’s MobileMe service
Apple offer a 60 day free trial, I decided I’d sign up. The 60 day trial is now over, so I thought I’d share my experiences.
Dec 16, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
7 days of Bing versus Google
I allowed myself to be influenced and also conducted a simple experiment, 7 days of Bing versus Google – the results of which make up this blog article!
How to: Fix iPhone applications close immediately after opening them
When any installed application was opened, the application would immediately self close and the iPhone springboard be displayed.
Dec 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
How to: Fix iPhone applications close immediately after opening them
When any installed application was opened, the application would immediately self close and the iPhone springboard be displayed.
Dec 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
World of Warcraft Addons I can’t live without
I’ve refined my User Interface many times and most recently undertook the task of making it more logically structured.
Tom Tom map upgrades are a complete rip off
Once I got to the checkout screen I was horrified to see how much Tom Tom were trying to rip me off. According to them, my current map was two years old. Rather than be charged what I’d expected, £18.95 for a new map, Tom Tom wanted to bill me for the current map as well as the map from the year before; therefore making the bill a little under £40
How to: Jailbreak and sim unlock iPhones using stock 3.1.2 firmware
There have always been a number of different ways to (metaphorically) skin a cat and equally there have been various methods by which to jailbreak and unlock an iPhone.
Nov 11, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
vBulletin 4 upgrade offer grossly unfair
Are you a vBulletin customer? Do you feel we’re being ripped off or given a rubbish upgrade offer?
Oct 22, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Windows 7 goes live to the world
So, today is the day that Microsoft’s latest operating system becomes available to the mass market consumer.
Oct 22, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
How NOT to set-up MobileMe for syncing calendars / contacts
pride myself on being a good techie. I tend to thoroughly research my options before making an decisions and don’t often rush into things.
Oct 05, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
How to: Restore your iPhone and reset to factory defaults
There are times when you simply want to reset your iPhone to it’s factory defaults and start over clean
Sep 24, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
Vodafone UK iPhone MMS configuration settings
Anyway, here are the MMS settings we all need and have been verified by an iPhone Vodafone UK users within the last 24 hours.
Jun 18, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
How to fix: The sim card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported
When I did so, iTunes identified the iPhone had been connected and displayed the following message, “The sim card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported”.
Jun 15, 2009 | 14 comments | View Post
How to: Recruit quality people to your World of Warcraft Guild effectively
I believe we’ve got a good formula for recruiting so I thought I’d share how we’ve gone about things and note some thoughts about some of the other less preferential methods.
Apr 24, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
