Saturday, 25 April 2020

Monday, 20 April 2020

Bespoke Structural Calculations

I'm currently doing bespoke beam calculations, if you want to find out the quick and easy way to get your beam calculations, please take a look at; https://www.beamcalcsltd.co.uk/

Thursday, 21 December 2017

Steel Beam Calculations Discount

Hi Blog Readers,

Get a special 10% off our normal price for steel beam calculations with this special url www.beamcalculation.co.uk/blog

Regards,
Kevin

Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Do you need to get your Steel Beams Fast?

If your located within the M25 and need to have your steelwork and steel beams in 24 hours, please take a look at www.polsteel.co.uk

Friday, 10 March 2017

Public Holidays and Patron Saints

Interesting site about public holidays from my fellow co-worker Robin;

www.publicholidayguide.com

Interesting page about patron saints one of my favourites, see here;

www.publicholidayguide.com/uk-patron-saints

Monday, 26 December 2016

January 2017 - Special Offer

Hi,

We are offering a special offer for January 2017 - design report for 1 number beam plus a site visit in either Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire is just £150, for more information please visit http://kdtaylor30.wixsite.com/mysite

Regards,
Kevin Taylor
Beam Calcs Ltd

Friday, 18 March 2016

Cheap Steel Beam Calculator

Cheap Steel Beam Calculator

If you're looking for a cheap steel beam calculator, please check out these websites;

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk - UK Site

www.steelbeamcalculator.com - US Site

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Kevin

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Mastermind Groups

One of the big takeaways from my last 2 years in business would be the value of being in a Mastermind Group, meeting every month with Marvin and Dan (and previous Daniel) has really helped me be accountable. If you want to join a mastermind group please check out www.mastermindjam.com

Regards,
Kevin

Thursday, 11 February 2016

Steel Beam Calculator Online

Steel Beam Calculator Online

If your looking for an online steel beam calculator, please check out the following;

http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/ - UK Steel Beam Calculator

http://www.steelbeamcalculator.com/ - US Steel Beam Calculator

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Online Padstone Calculator

We have created a new online padstone calculator, to help you design those padstones;

http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/free-online-padstone-calculator/

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Micropreneur versus venture funding the battle continues

Just for a bit of fun, 2 years ago I thought I as a Micropreneur would do battle with latest intake from the seedcamp.com venture funded start-up incubator.

So this is how the Alexa.com rankings stack up;

My site www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk has an alexa rank of 591,684.

The alexa ranking for the seedcamper's is;

1,310,389 gopixel.me
24,044 sharelatex.com
1,696,967 teddytheguardian.com
190,786 stamplay.com
1,803,937 hypeapp.co
RIP spreddit.co.uk
RIP legal-tender.com re-diverts to apperio.com
1,614,790 ctrlio.com
648,340 saberr.com
2,896,635 revisionapp.co.uk
1,885,602 winnowsolutions.com

2 years ago I predicted that 1 or 2 of the seedcampers would do better than me and the rest would fail, suprising how accurate my forecast was, not sure some of the businesses have actually failed or just spluttering along. New site I launched 2 years ago www.beamcalculation.co.uk has an alexa rank of 2,296,695 and is doing pretty well, but not as well as the steelbeamcalculator.co.uk site.
 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015

10% Off our Usual Prices

We are offering you a 10% discount off from the usual prices of a subscription to use www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk 

Just enter your email in the widget at the bottom of the page and we will send you the 10% discount.

Regards,
Kevin

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Are you conveyancer? Do you need to educate clients?

Are you a conveyancer? Interested in how you can educate your clients on the value of your service? See link http://www.intouchapp.co.uk/blog/why-solicitors-need-to-educate-clients

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Detailed video showing you how to use steel beam calculator

Detailed video showing you how to use an online steel beam calculator


Sunday, 15 June 2014

Point Loads - Steel Beam Calculator USA

Do you need to design steel beams to support point loads? Are you in the USA? If so, please check out www.steelbeamcalculator.com

Saturday, 7 June 2014

Structural Calculations

Are you tired of slow service, high fees and sub-standard structural calculation reports? 
We are on a mission to modernise the structural engineering industry, so if you would like to join the 21st century and get great value and service, please visit www.structuralcalculations.io

Friday, 30 May 2014

Saturday, 24 May 2014

Standard Loads of Materials

Standard Loads of Materials - free schedule of loads of materials used in residential properties http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/StandardLoads.aspx

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Saturday, 21 December 2013

Micropreneur versus venture funding who wins you decide update

Just a quick update on the Kevin Taylor versus The Goliath (Seedcamp) battle, no clear winner as yet, probably need a couple more years to see who gets the upper hand.

In the red corner are my sites - Alexa.com ranks as follows;

428,067 www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
856,456 www.beamcalculation.co.uk
1,439,614 www.instantstructuralcalculation.com
2,058,983 www.steelbeamcalculator.com
2,984,920 www.steelbeamcalculator.eu
2,992,164 www.beamcalcs.com
4,037,785 beamcalcsltd.blogspot.co.uk
20,624,470 www.ibeamcalculator.com

In the blue corner are the September 2013 Seedcamp sites, Alexa ranks as follows;

185,907 www.sharelatex.com
229,156 www.gopixel.me
1,166,659 www.stamplay.com
1,419,250 www.teddytheguardian.com
1,789,402 www.hypeapp.co
2,033,122 www.spreddit.co.uk
2,660,126 www.legal-tender.com
3,262,706 www.ctrlio.com
3,902,284 www.revisionapp.co.uk
6,681,943 www.winnowsolutions.com

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Find out why our new website can save time and money

To find out how our new website www.beamcalculation.co.uk can save you time and money, please take a look at our latest blog post here

Friday, 27 September 2013

Micropreneur versus venture funding who wins you decide

Just for a bit of fun, I thought I would see if me as a bootstrapping micropreneur could compete against a the latest intake of venture funded businesses from seedcamp.com incubator http://www.seedcamp.com/2013/09/new-teams.html

The only thing I could think to compare between websites, was to look at the Alexa.com rank as this is the only easily available public data I could find. The lower the alexa rank the better, for example Google.com has a rank of number 1, facebook.com number 2 (i.e. the second most popular website), a smaller site might have an alexa rank of 1,000,000 etc.

My site www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk website has an alexa rank of 469,656

Latest seedcamp intake alexa ranks as follows;

151,657 gopixel.me
269,825 sharelatex
1,140,521 teddytheguardian
1,243,082 stamplay.com
1,884,882 hypeapp.co
2,177,166 spreddit.co.uk
2,361,264 legal-tender.com
2,546,856 ctrlio.com
2,696,182 saberr.com
3,209,132 revisionapp.co.uk
9,869,951 winnow solution

Only gopixel and sharelatex have a higher alexa rank than steel beam calculator so far, I will review this data every 3 months to see who wins, I expect 1 or 2 of the seedcamp to do better than me and the rest will probably fail. The site I launched yesterday www.beamcalculation.co.uk has an alexa rank of 9,764,199, so it will be interesting to see how that one performs.

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

New website launched today

Hi,

I launched a new website today - www.beamcalculation.co.uk
the quick and easy way to get your Steel Beam Calculation Reports

Lots of great features including;

Great Value

Only £29 per calculation report, we will not be beaten on price

Building control

Accepted by building control departments

Guaranteed

We offer an unconditional 30 day money back guarantee

Free Support

We provide free technical support to all our users

Just select the calculation type and fill in the simple online form, make a secure payment online and we will email your calculation report within just 3 working days. 

Regards,
Kevin



Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Top Structural Calculation Rescources

Tata (formerly Corus) "blue book", provides section properties and member capacities of steel sections to Eurocodes and British Standards;
www.tatasteelconstruction.com/en/design_guidance/the_blue_book/

Approved Document A, gives standard details which are deemed to meet the structural requirements of the Building Regulations, the details are just one way of achieving compliance and other equally valid methods may be used. The previous 1992 edition has some useful timber span/load tables which have been omitted from the 2004 edition.
www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations/approveddocuments/parta/documenta

Free Padstone Calculator;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/freepadstonecalculator.aspx

Free Standard Beam to Beam Connection Details and Beam Splice Connection Details;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections.aspx

Standard Chimney Gallows Bracket Detail;
www.haringey.gov.uk/chimney_breast_removal.pdf

US Document showing how loads are applied to beams
www.beamchek.com/AcrobatFiles/IntroLoadPath.pdf

Sunday, 1 September 2013

More Steel Beam Connection Details

I have added more steel beam connection details to our website;

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections

Regards,
Kevin

Thursday, 22 August 2013

Do I need a steel goal post arrangement?

Generally if the masonry in a structure complies with the requirements of Approved Document A you won't need steel posts, as the masonry will be sufficient to provide stability to the structure.

It is difficult to summarise the requirements of Approved Document A, but as brief summary if you have walls on four sides the plan area should not exceed 70m2 or if you have walls on three sides the area should not exceed 36m2 (see Diagram 5), provided you meet the requirements of Approved Document A, the structure won't need additional steel posts. Doors and window openings should not exceed the dimensions as specified in Diagram 14.

If the proposed building does not comply with requirements of Approved Document A, we would recommend that you contact a suitably experienced Structural Engineer to carry out an assessment of the structure.

Monday, 1 July 2013

Joel on Software debate

I am just engaging in a debate on the Joel on Software discussion group, not sure if it will helpful, but willing to give it a go, hopefully my trademark honesty will help, just hope the trolls don't spoil it. Could be a good learning experience.

See link - http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.853876.19

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

We are looking for mentor?

We are a fast growing Internet company based in Derbyshire and we are looking for a mentor who can help us grow our business, if you think you would be able to help please contact us.

Our websites are;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
www.steelbeamcalculator.com
www.steelbeamcalculator.eu

Monday, 17 June 2013

Steel Beam Calculation Examples

I have put some great examples of how to design steel beams on this website; http://www.instantstructuralcalculation.com/page15.htm

Example 1 shows twin steel beams supporting a cavity wall

Example 2 shows a steel ridge beam

Example 3 shows a steel beam supporting a flat roof

If you have any further examples you would like me to add, please just let me know and I will see what I can do.

Diagrams look very poor in Internet Explorer but are OK in Firefox, Chrome or Safari.

Friday, 31 May 2013

Video showing how to design a steel beam

YouTube video showing how to design a steel beam using an online steel beam calculator www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk


Sunday, 12 May 2013

Free Standard Beam Splice Connection Details

Free Standard Beam Splice Connection Details can be downloaded at;

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections

Regards,
Kevin

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Steel Beam Calculator Ltd

Are you a Building Surveyor, Building Designer, Architectural Technician, Architect or Engineer that needs a more efficient way to design steel beams? Our online steel beam calculator will enable you to design steel beams quickly and easily.

Is your construction job being delayed by the need for costly beam calculations, if so this innovative new product from Steel Beam Calculator Ltd may be able to help you get back on track. www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk takes the waiting out of calculating.

It is an instant and easy to use programme which designs in accordance with the most advanced eurocodes. For a minimal investment, the detailed calculations in some instances can reduce steel requirements by over a quarter allowing efficient delivery and installation. The benefits of the steel beam calculator is now being experienced on hundreds of building projects across the UK and has been used by hundreds of users over the last 26 months, tried and tested.

The free demo version allows users to design beams with a span length fixed at 1 metre.

The full version allows users to design and check simply supported universal beams, universal columns and parallel flange channels for spans up to 10 metres in length. For the introductory price of £50 for 6 months unlimited access, the full version allows you to:

* Run unlimited calculations for beams up to 10m in length.
* Add custom text to the PDF report (e.g. customer name/address job number etc)

Benefits of the steel beam calculator include:

  • Great value for money, unlimited access costs from just £50 and the steel beam calculator can be used as many times as you like during that subscription period.
  • Designs in accordance with the most advanced Eurocodes, which in some instances can reduce steel requirements by over a quarter when compared to British Standards.
  • Generates a detailed PDF report accepted by Building Control Departments.
  • Quick and easy to use.
  • Create Steel Beam Calculations from anywhere, from your PC, Mac, iPad or SmartPhone
  • No software to download, it's all done from the website
  • Free technical support provided
The structural calculations produced by the calculator comply with the latest European Design Codes and are suitable for UK Building Regulation Approval. The unique feature of this product is that it allows users to select loads from drop down menus speeding up the design process and the accuracy of the calculations.

YouTube video showing steel beam calculator designing a steel beam www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7CHr749Ddg&feature=channel&list=UL


 

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Kevin Taylor - Rebel Scum??

This is a blog post written by Glen Cooper (another Engineer) about me, enjoy (well I did);

It’s becoming easier to be Rebel Scum
Last post I mentioned Kevin Taylor. A structural engineer who has worked his way through engineering technician status, had a long stint checking calculations for a local authority, and now busies himself with running his own one-man-band engineering practice [+ sub consultants].
Since posting up the links to his engineering websites to my [blog], I have had the opportunity to briefly chat with him on the telephone. I asked a few questions, like about how and why he is trying to push into a predominantly web based market? Also, I enquired as to how his business was fairing – at this stage.
A summary of Kevins’ online ventures can be found within the [links] at the end of my last post.
What drew me to Kevin’s online [businesses] was his apparent disregard for formalities. Paying no homage to the tried and tested business plans, which exist within smaller structural and civil engineering enterprises. The man has a plan, and it appears that he is not afraid to journey into the unknown, just to see what happens.
As you can imagine – I’m loving that. As an engineer, designer, creative and fledgling entrepreneur… I’m loving that adventurous spirit.
Please do not misunderstand me, Kevin obviously has thought long and hard before committing time and money to his ventures. Citing business and engineering role models such as Chris Wise, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Bill Gates, Kevin appears to have transferred our trade mark engineering ‘have a go’ attitude into his businesses too.
The question is; will the time spent, pay off for him? To put it in Kevin’s words “Time will tell” and “I didn’t go into this expecting immediate results”. Good man.
What I think is that this form of engineering business style is only the beginning. Since the established ‘mini-me’ consultancy paradigms seem to rely [in part] upon following the same analogous route of putting in time, leveraging connections, earning your stripes [blah, blah], and making the most of any opportunities thrown our way, it is only logical that small companies like Kevin’s, will grab more and more ground through guerilla style marketing techniques. Or indeed, they will evolve in such ways so that the limitations in growth set by the larger, established engineering and construction companies become insignificant, and easy to circumnavigate.
Another question we should be asking ourselves as engineers is, what are we physically doing to reinforce or break down the status-quo of our industries historical business practices here? Why is it becoming easier to rebel, and who stands to benefit from the ensuing anarchy?
From my personal viewpoint – so long as we have strive for ingenuity and ethical behaviour; we are professionally capable, knowledgeable, AND we do not expose ourselves, our clients and benefactors to unesseccary risks… then innovation will out itself eventually. So change is a foot, and is a good thing.
  • Why is it easier to rebel? The long tale has become unsettled, and is begging for change. Faster, more pervasive communication is readily available.
  • Who stands to benefit? We all do. Even those who stand to loose the most, will gain a newly motivated, educated and business-like workforce.
So what is standing in the way of change? I could say tradition. I might even be tempted to utter the word loyalty. Loyalty to a business paradigm which non-longer deserves our undying faithfulness to it.
The problem with both of those words, is with what value do you attach to them? Especially when your business is cracking up, or you are being pushed from one redundancy package to another. Or indeed, you can’t even seem to give your time away to a local engineering consultancy, just so you can flesh out your CV, in readiness for better times.
Times are not good for the long tail… or are they?
I finished my last blog by remarking that I was scared, and I also invited the readers of this blog, to pose an answer as to why this might be the case. No comments back. But that’s OK, because I am quite happy to reveal to you my thoughts.
There is an entrepreneurial spirit out there, amongst us engineers. With every new business start-up, the owners dreams [like seeds] are being cast upwards and outwards in the hope that they will land fortunately, and germinate in a nutritious environment.
The truth is, there really is no fertile soil left. We have over farmed this particular field.
Yes, Long tails like Kevin can survive in a less than welcoming environment, and represent the metaphorical localised testing of new ‘super crops’. Unfortunately though, it is still far too easy to remain on the sidelines, to criticise, to abstain from providing support and to apply the ‘if I had a time machine’ retort to each and every venture we witness.
I’m scared because, what Kevin needs is support. Support from his clients and from his peers. But will he get it? Only the remaining engineering long-tails can answer that. That’s you and me [of course].
As you know, I launched a small collaborative effort which has only cost me time, energy and the sharing of another idea from my mind. An experiment; the results of which are expected to help me plan my next engineering endeavour. By the way, please keep coming back here and supporting me where ever you can!
I really appreciate the emails and messages through LinkedIn. They all keep me going.
To finish off I would like to leave you with this cool reminder. We do make a difference to each others lives, careers, futures. Do not make the mistake of thinking that you are on your own in this world. There are always people out there who can help you – should they choose to.
So give innovation a go. Kevin is.

Sunday, 31 March 2013

Eurocodes versus British Standards for Steel Beam Design

Comparing Eurocodes v's British Standards for Steel Beam Design;

If we take an example of a steel beam with a span length of 4m, supporting a timber floor in a domestic dwelling with a tributary load width of 4m.

When designing to Eurocodes the variable load factor is 1.5 and the permanent load factor is 1.35, to British Standards these factors are 1.6 and 1.4, so designing to Eurocodes automatically gives us an approximate reduction in loadings of 5%. Taking into consideration these safety factors the calculated bending moment to EC would be 24.98kNm and to BS 26.61kNm.

The buckling capacity of a beam is calculated differently for BS and EC, and the EC method is less conservative. Hence for the above loading scenario to EC a 178x102x19 UB (19kg/m) would be adequate, but to BS a 203x133x25 UB (25.1kg/m) would be required. Designing to Eurocodes would save 32% in steel, nearly a third, which is good for builders backs and the environment.

So if you want to design steel beams in accordance with the latest Eurocodes, just take a look at our online Steel Beam Calculator www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Beam Splice Connection Details

Just added some free steel beam splice connection details on our beam calculator website;

http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections.aspx

Saturday, 16 February 2013

Down with Rools why Structural Engineers Suck!

In engineering and architecture our worst self-inflicted injuries are our rules…..codes of practice that mean we could probably take out half the material from our building structures and they would still be high performers.

To put it another way…if Usain Bolt was a building, his legs would become treetrunks in case he was struck by an earthquake, his gold shoes would be covered in intumescent paint in case they caught fire, and his shirt would be air conditioned in case the poor dear got heat stroke.

Where’s the sense in that? Good design is more than skin deep so designers pride themselves on making something beautiful inside as well as out.

Ah…if only that was true. In reality, most of our creations contain great swathes that are worse than useless….a plethora of plastic, foam, steel, brick, textile or gel that performs absolutely no useful function except denuding the earth of its resources.

And if we are determined to shag ourselves into overpopulation and material poverty, we need at least deal to stop shooting ourselves in the foot (admittedly a difficult act to pull off at the same time).

Regards,
Kevin (words via Chris Wise, I agree though!)

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Free Demo - Steel Beam Calculator

For a free demo of our online steel beam calculator, just visit these websites;

For UK customers;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

For US customers;
www.steelbeamcalculator.com

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

What are the benefits of our online steel beam calculator?

What are the benefits of our steel beam calculator?

* Create Steel Beam Calculations from anywhere, from your PC, Mac, iPad or SmartPhone

* No software to download, it's all done from the website

* Design steel beams quickly and easily, reduce stress and save time

* Free support provided

For more information please visit our websites;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
www.steelbeamcalculator.com

Friday, 14 December 2012

5 Years in Business

I'm just reflecting on 5 years of being in business, just looking at what I have achieved and wondering what I can do in another 5 years. It's been a lot of hard work, a lot more than I thought. These are list of my achievements in the last five years;

www.beamcalcs.com
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
www.steelbeamcalculator.com
www.steelbeamcalculator.eu
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/steel-beam-calculator-uk/id528280582?mt=8 (Steel Beam Calculator iPhone app)
www.instantstructuralcalculation.com
www.ibeamcalculator.com
@beamcalcs (twitter account)
@steelbeamcalc (twitter account)
 http://www.youtube.com/user/12345kevint (YouTube)
Completed nearly 2,000 projects mostly house extensions, knock throughs and loft conversions.
http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections.aspx - free standard beam to beam connection details
http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/FreePadstoneCalculator.aspx - free padstone calculator
100% record on my professional indemnity insurance (no claims in 5 years of trading)
Year on year growth for each of the five years in a very challenging market

Looking forward to the next 5 years........

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Sign up process for http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Video showing the simple process of signing up for an account on www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk simple to use online steel beam calculator;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3BaF0MkAEU&feature=plcp

Friday, 26 October 2012

YouTube Video showing www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Link to video on YouTube showing www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk being used to design a steel beam www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7CHr749Ddg

Structural Calculations Resource

For information regarding all of our products and structural calculations, please visit this website www.instantstructuralcalculation.com

              

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

2 Free Products and 4 Great Paid Products from Steel Beam Calculator Ltd and Beam Calcs Ltd

Free products for your benefit;

Free standard Beam to Beam Connection Details can be downloaded at;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections.aspx

 Free Padstone Calculator can be downloaded at;
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/FreePadstoneCalculator.aspx


4 Great Paid Products;

Online Steel Beam Calculator
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Instant Structural Calculations
www.beamcalcs.com

Online Steel Beam Calculator (US version)
www.steelbeamcalculator.com

Online Steel Beam Calculator (EU version)
www.steelbeamcalculator.eu


Link to my CV

beamcalcsltd.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/kevin-taylor-director-beam-calcs-ltd.html

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Latest version of Steel Beam Calculator UK now out

Latest version of our online steel beam calculator now live costs just £60 annual subscription

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Marketing Part 1 - Twitter

This is a tough one, I joined twitter about a year ago and did 2 tweets and then left it well alone. About 6 months ago I started to use Twitter again both for Beam Calcs and Steel Beam Calculator. For both accounts I have done in excess of 300 tweets some were inane tweets about what’s for dinner and others were tweets about the business, there have been plenty of links to both websites.

In all the hours I have spent on twitter I think I have got possibly £120 worth of work, which frankly speaking is a piss poor performance.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/374548/is-twitter-bad-for-business

This is an excellent article about twitter; it mentions how twitter has a pathetically low click through rate and an even smaller conversion percentage. My favourite quote from the article is;

“Twitter is for social interaction and using it to sell feels as intrusive and unwelcoming as hawking roses in a pub"

The author details how watching your account gain followers can inflate your ego, well what happens when some of these followers turn nasty. We all remember the case of Tom Daley at the Olympics, where a young man gained notoriety by insulting Tom after his dive. What did he gain from this? – Well about 100,000 followers. Would he have said these insults to Tom’s face? All of these faceless people hide behind the anonymity of the internet.

I have had my fair share of snide comments on twitter, nothing on par with Tom, people putting snide comments about online businesses. Another thing on twitter is the idea of over analysing everything, 140 characters can lead to a lot of different interpretations.

My motto with twitter is don’t type anything that you would not actually say to someone face to face. It’s only the internet, these people are not your friends, and you won’t have even met 98% of them.

Remember the telephone or talking face to face is actually called SOCIALISING!