Now before I start this – I don’t want you to get me wrong, I like Facebook, I like it a lot: I’ve got in contact with people I haven’t seen in years! I don’t have to send an email round to tell people what a fantastic holiday I had (I just post it and the photos and they can choose to look at it when/if they want to). I do have some gripes though… The amount of time-wasting people do on it. I scoot on have a look and scoot off (but then I  do have a billion and one things to do around the net!). The fact that people use it as the number one method of communication… Continue reading »

They must be! I didn’t renew my Friends Reunited membership, like I suspect an awful lot of people.. Why? Read on to find out… A Bit of History Friends Reunited was a phenomenon, a real home-grown internet success story and everyone loved it, grown out of a card-index in a back bedroom to become a multi-million pound business. There was the usual elements of bullying and trouble – but lets face it, it was just like being back in the school playground! Back in 2005 Friends Reunited was bought by ITV, a somewhat odd transaction in many peoples minds. The deal at the time was £175m (£120m + £55m in bonuses) for the four year old site that was expected… Continue reading »