Articles tagged with: Companies

• What happened to John Lewis?
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Thu 26th Jul 2018 at 18:15 in category: Review, with tags: Companies, Rant.
  603 words, 3 minutes read time.
  
  John Lewis used to be a shop that truly put the customer first, an icon of respectability in the shopping world. No so now if my recent experience with them is anything to go by.
• Google plans to comply with Chinese censorship
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Thu 2nd Aug 2018 at 11:25 in category: News, Citation, with tags: Tech, Companies, Google.
  201 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  The BBC reports that Google is planning a search-like app that complies with Chinese censorship laws despite withdrawing from China in 2010 on 'free speech' grounds.
• Wilkins Cider Farm, Mudgley, Somerset
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sun 14th Oct 2018 at 15:45 in category: Review, with tags: Local, Companies.
  204 words, less than 1 minute read time.
  
  Wilkins Cider Farm in Mudgley, Somerset is well worth a visit, not least for the ambience of the place.
• The hellish Netflix work environment
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Tue 30th Oct 2018 at 08:20 in category: Citation, with tags: Tech, Companies.
  285 words, less than 2 minutes read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  An article at Gizmodo describes the working environment at Netflix, which seems to operate by ensuring employees are scared to death.
• We can't comment on individual cases
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sat 16th Mar 2019 at 08:45 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society, Companies, Rant.
  488 words, less than 2 minutes read time.
  Why do organisations use the phrase 'we can't comment on individual cases'? Is it really always for confidentiality?
• The Thomas Cook Affair
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Mon 23rd Sep 2019 at 10:50 in category: News, with tags: Companies.
  397 words, less than 2 minutes read time.
  Why is repatriating the people stranded as a result of Thomas Cook's collapse going to cost the taxpayer £100m?
• Google proves quantum supremacy — world still safe
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Fri 27th Sep 2019 at 16:30 in category: Citation, News, with tags: Tech, Companies, Google.
  235 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  Google's quantum computer performs a task in a few minutes that would take a supercomputer 10,000 years.