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Q&A with East Anglia Digital Heroes winner, Wendy Maxwell

Wendy is the East Anglia Digital Heroes winner, 2010. She volunteers for the charity, Chill4us, on a project that aims to get carers online and in touch with each other. Wendy campaigns for free laptops for carers, and has so far given out more than 100 computers. We took a few minutes of Wendy’s time [...]

Q&A with Northern Ireland Digital Heroes winner, Michelle Gallen

Michelle is the Northern Ireland Digital Heroes winner, 2010. She has developed a social networking site, Talk Irish, where people can find and connect with Irish language learners, speakers and teachers.

Interview with Digital Heroes Awards winner: Ben Richardson

Ben Richardson is the overall winner of the TalkTalk Digital Heroes awards 2010 for his work at The Connection at St Martin’s – a project which aims to give homeless people new skills in digital media to help them get their lives back on track. The project started off with a small group of homeless people [...]

Q&A with blogging expert Andy Bargery

This week’s blogger networking week at our Customer Experience Centre in Soho. The man behind both events is Andy Bargery, a passionate blogger himself who has been a fixture on the UK’s digital scene for some time. We caught up with Andy ahead of the networking events to get his thoughts on why blogging is important, what advice [...]

60 seconds with the man behind Dear Lily: Dan Bull

Worcestershire singer-songwriter Dan Bull made a name for himself last year with his song Dear Lily, which lambasted Lily Allen's views on filesharing. His follow up song Dear Mandy, became the inspiration for our Sing Our Petition competition, so we thought it was only right to catch up with Dan and find out more about his musical inspirations, views on filesharing and what made him write Dear Lily.

Sixty seconds with: Michael Phillips from Consumer Choices

Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Michael Phillips, Product Director at Consumer Choices. The popular online self-help service supports customers’ decisions when selecting broadband, home phones, financial services (loans, credit cards, savings accounts and mortgages), gas and electricity, digital television, and insurance.

Sixty seconds with: Chris Marling from Broadband Genie

Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Chris Marling, editor at Broadband Genie, the UK's longest running dedicated broadband comparison website. Chris oversees news and editorial at the consumer-focused site, and also looks after the site's forum where readers' broadband questions are answered.

Sixty seconds with: Alex Buttle from Top10 Broadband

The TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Alex Buttle, Marketing Director at Top10 Broadband. Top10 is a broadband comparison site that claims to be the most popular dedicated comparison site in the UK, with over 12 million visitors a year. The award-winning website offers a range of comparison tools and customer reviews, allowing users to make quick and easy broadband buying decisions.

Sixty seconds with: Jason Glynn from uSwitch

Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Jason Glynn, Commercial Manager at comparison website uSwitch. uSwitch is a free, impartial comparison and switching service that helps customers compare prices on a range of services including gas, electricity, home phone, broadband providers and personal finance products. The site’s aim is to help customers take advantage of the best prices and services on offer from suppliers.