Returning to a favourite theme (have I ever left it?),  I was having an interesting exchange via email and Twitter with Maria Sadler of e-conomic.

I had raised my usual question of how to persuade the diehard Sage users - and in this instance, specifically the Online 50 users - to move to real online accounting.  Maria had quoted on the e-conomic blog Paul Garside of Symbiotic Projects who had written about saving in excess of £100,000 by u...

Tom Foremski has written a thought provoking piece talking about how the internet has 'devalued everything.'

One of the more stark examples he offers is Craigslist:

Take a look at the classified ads business. The Pew Center reports that in 2000 this was a $19.6 billion a year business. In 2008 it had fallen to $9.9 billion because of online classified ads — mostly Craigslist.

And Craigslist doesn’t charge for the vast majority of its clas...

There are so many misconceptions about blogging and I am frequently surprised when I encounter bloggers who seek to encourage accountants in general to start blogging.  I would stress that I enjoy blogging.  My Ambitious Accountants blog now has almost 300 posts on it – built up since 2006. I also write the TaxBuzz blog for the Tax Advice Network and have a third blog on which I share Accountant jokes and fun.

But I’m not in practice. ...

Members that are interested in consulting will know that PWC snapped up BearingPoint in a bankruptcy. This is a growing trend in service businesses. There are always risks in such deals because the only thing a services business really has is intellectual capital. As we know - that walks and talks. But in PWC's case I'm reckoning they've bought into something of a poison chalice. This is the firm's third acquisition this year and they're bullish...

My company is considering setting up a wireless network that members of the public may use to connect to the internet (using their own laptops).  Just like the sort of thing you do in coffee shops or motorway service stations.  Does anyone know if there is any legal obligation to restrict or monitor content.  The concern is perhaps that someone may use the connection to access "inappropriate content" and the company may find itself liable in som...