Author Archives: Eric Hewett

About Eric Hewett

I am an internet programmer, and smallholder. I am really trying to figure out what I can do with Wordpress. A few observations and thoughts which someone on the dark side of the moon might find either useful or interesting.

Musings on farming and food, in the light of recent weather-related disasters in the UK

Posted on April 8, 2013

Musings on farming and food, in the light of recent weather-related disasters in the UK.

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My Patent Ten Commandments

Posted on September 23, 2012

Patents are so supposed to protect inventors, allow them to innovate and earn a living from their inventions. However they are been assimilated into the corporate arms arsenal, used to bombard corporate rivals, and annihilate start-ups before they have a chance to blossom. Any large … Continue reading →

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Programming and Civility

Posted on January 26, 2012

Reblogged from peak 5390: Last week I was writing up report cards for an Introduction to Programming class I taught recently. In addition to their academic performance, students at my school are assessed on courtesy and respect in every class … Continue reading →

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HATE Android or Apple?

Posted on January 10, 2012

Why should I hate Android (or Apple)? MG Siegler’s Android examination has spurred me once more to put finger to keyboard. It started with an attention grabbing controversial headline “Why I hate Android”. MG is probably Apple’s greatest fan barring Stephen Fry, but … Continue reading →

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How Local Businesses can Engage Customers with Social Media

Posted on May 27, 2011

How Customers can help market your business There are some great ideas for engaging customers in this article by Jon Schepke from Search Engine Watch (SEW). Sure it focused towards the American market but the general themes are applicable to most … Continue reading →

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Why Social Media Leads News on Death of Osama Bin Laden Death

Posted on May 2, 2011

What is the Impact of Social Media for Small and Local Business Like many people today, I woke up to the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by American Forces. Actually my wife, who had been listening to … Continue reading →

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Field of Dreams or a Website on the Road to Nowhere

Posted on April 22, 2011

When Art and Search Engines Don’t Meet I was chatting to a musician friend, a great guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, visiting us in Normandy. He told me rather proudly he had a website. This sounded good – a “Field of Dreams” is … Continue reading →

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User Generated Reviews for Organic Improvement in Search Engine Results

Posted on April 15, 2011

Engaging with Customers can improve your Ranking Google’s Page Rank Algorithm is being gamed more and more, with more and more sites acquiring back-links paid or otherwise. Added to this Google’s Panda update to down grade poor content. User Generated Reviews … Continue reading →

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Organic Ranking for Local Business via Google

Posted on April 1, 2011

Building a Relationship with Google I have spoken before of the need for small and locally based business to the develop on-line presence,especially here in Normandy. I have also said before just creating a website is not enough. A website … Continue reading →

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FTSE Businesses fail at Social Media

Posted on March 22, 2011

Is Social Media important for Small Business? I just read on the Telegraph on-line that the majority of the FTSE100 business fail at social media. I think the issue is wider than just social media. The major problem is that … Continue reading →

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