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FAIL: Laura Ashley. The shops. The web. Oh, and email.

21-Dec-09

I should be smack in the middle of the Laura Ashley demographic. Or at least L should. We even live in the kind of country idyll that they use in their catalogues. But every time we try to give them money we bounce off. Recent encounters have been as follows: I went into my local [...]

So Near. And yet so very, very far away.

26-Nov-09

Radio 1 Newsbeat is carrying an analysis-free plug for Near London, a company who launched into closed beta this week. What is their product? A 3D model of Oxford Street, where you can walk up and down and look at products in the virtual windows. Oh, Dear God. It’s over 15 years since I started [...]