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It’s one year since I started blogging for Media Week – check out my thoughts here!

PS: Note my favourite post being about Liz Jones….

After 10 months and 226 posts I decided I needed to move away from the rather RED theme I’d been using and get a bit more funky with its design.

So with the help of Dave and the guys from Bronco plus some priceless advice from the fabulous Shari, we came up with what you see today! Thanks to them and everyone else I’ve bothered by asking for their opinion.

 The first stab was a bit greener than I’d have liked so we evolved it to be bluer with green elements, like the heading for instance.

The pictures are supposed to show a British/London flavour…..

….and the Twitter widget is simply fabulous – http://twitter.com/melcarson

It’s been an fascinating experience as there are so many elements and thought processes that go into designing a blog. From SEO to accessibility and design, colouring and mood creation etc….

I’ll now be pouring over Jen’s blog advice and ticking off her check list!

Would love to get your feedback – so let me know what you think….

How not to treat an unhappy customer!

Cheers to Matt for the Tweet 🙂

Some new funky electronic meeting/message point at Heathrow Terminal 4

It’s not working yet but I couldn’t figure out how it would either – bet it costs though!

I’ll be right here…..no phone…..no internet……just fine red wine and foie gras 🙂

Missing you already!

The pub closest to my flat in Richmond has just re-opened after a year in refurbishment!

Do you think they spent the year re-designing their new website too?

The Plough – East Sheen

Banksy – Eat yer heart out!

I’m thinking of buying a new laptop for home and went to the Dell.co.uk web site to check out what they had on offer.

The phone rang and I had to take the call so it must have seemed like I was staring at their homepage for an age.

After about 30 seconds the below popped up!

Very cool…..

Update: Did you know you can buy the In Out Cricket Tea Towel on Amazon?

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man OR woman that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he/she is out he/she comes in and the next man/woman goes in until he/she’s out.

When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.

Sometimes you get men/women still in and not out.

When a man/woman goes out to go in, the men/women who are out try to get them out, and when he/she is out he/she goes in and the next batter in goes out and goes in.

There are two men/woman called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men/women who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men/women have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men/women have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

Get the Tea Towel!

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