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Monthly Archives: March 2009
LGA clearly doesn’t know much about language
I do find it amusing when someone tries to control language. The Local Government Association has just published a list of 200 words which it suggests “public bodies should not use if they want to communicate effectively with local people.” … Continue reading
Is Adsense doing what Phorm wants to do?
Today I got an email from adsense telling me that they were about to start a new advertising feature called “interest-based advertising”. On the surface this looks very much like Phorm’s offering, and has the same privacy issues, however there … Continue reading