I’ve been nominated for the Computer Weekly Blog Awards 2009!
I’m pleased to say I’ve been fortunate enough to be nominated for the Computer Weekly Blog Awards 2009 as a nominee in the IT Consultant

Collecting Business Cards
Our Office Manager Sharon has recently started visiting a number of local business networking events, meeting and greeting fellow local businesses, chatting about work, life and the universe, and (hopefully) putting down the building blocks for a business relationship that will be of mutual benefit for both parties for a good time to come. But once the networking event is over – what then? Sharon has been returning to the office with a fistful of business cards – and the easy thing to do would be to start building a nice pile of cards in the corner of her desk as a very efficient dust-catcher. But really, what should Shar

Peddle a Poppy Challenge
Whilst attending the Phoenix Networking Lunch in Birmingham yesterday I met Di Lamb of the Royal Air Force Aero medical Evacuation Cell. Di is one of the people who has the tough job of flying from Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham to some of the troubled places you regularly see on the news – Afghanistan for instance – and help care for and bring home injured Armed Forces personnel. Di is organising an event tomorrow (Saturday 31st October) in Birmingham called “Peddle a Poppy” to help raise funds for The Royal British Legion, so I promised Di I would help promote the event to the Geek Community. :-) Full details below

Guest Blog Post – Why QA-IQ Suck!
I’m temporarily handing over the blog for a Guest post from Netlink IT’s Office Manager – Sharon Howard.

Netlink IT to merge with JamesCash.co.uk
A snappier title to this blog entry might be “Cash and Tubb”, evoking images of a ‘70s Cop Show, but I decided to keep the more straight forward headline… The title of this blog post says it all – my company, Birmingham based Netlink IT, has merged with nearby Dudley based JamesCash.co.uk – owned by James Cash!