James Osborn

Social networking is a business dominated by trends. There was Bebo, MySpace and now there is Facebook. As Facebook becomes more and more mainstream (as I write it is ranks as the 8th most visited site in the world  and its growth is outstripping MySpace ) people are already beginning to wonder what the next [...]

The Internet is abundant with sites that are bad ideas or badly executed and so I thought it was time to throw my oppinion into the mix and review a few of these sites that I think have potential.The first entrant to the list is *drumroll please*… MeOwns (http://www.meowns.com/). Although this site stands for most [...]

Recently I was emailed an offer of work. The only problem is the objective of site in question differed from my own moral ideals. I would rather not say what the site is (as I may still accept the job) but it does raise an interesting question about whether my personal feelings on the subject [...]

The recent ‘Steve Jobs health scare’  caused chaos to Apple stock. The seemingly endless list of triumphs for the company, which is performing better than ever before, was deemed irrelevant in comparison to speculation that it’s benevolent leader could be suffering from a second bout of cancer. Many were questioning what relevance Steve’s health had [...]

As this is a new blog I thought i had better start with the customary ‘Welcome’ entry. This is not my first blog but it certainly is my first in a few years. I felt it was time to start up again. I am well placed (as I see it) to fill a niche I [...]