Category: thoughts
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Don’t have a boss, don’t be a boss
Based on a recommendation from Zak (who had it recommended by Doug) I have just finished reading the $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. It is an interesting read (though it should be called the $600 Startup as thats the average most often referenced!) and rather than dwell on the traditional topic of web/app startup it…
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Why I am (still) not learning to code..
Over the last couple of years it has become de rigueur for all and sundry (at least in my corner of the world) to announce that they are going to learn to code. They sign up for Codeacademy or one of the many other online tools and beaver away learning basic Javascript, Python or some…
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Evernote ever after
I tried Evernote for the first time in the summer of 2010. It was getting a lot of hype and some people I knew and respected were big fans so I signed up but could never really get in to it. Then when I started at the current job two things changed – 1) I…
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Folla back
At an event I was at this week a couple of times it was mentioned that the imbalance between ‘following’ and ‘follower’ counts on Twitter in public sector and government accounts demonstrated a lack of engagement and ‘listening’ on their behalf. Superficially I can see the basis of this thinking but the reality is it…
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Better blogging bureau
I’m breaking the cardinal rule and blogging about blogging. As you may have noticed (if you are one of the half dozen people to read this blog) I have recently been ramping up my output. I recently read an interview with Cory Doctorow where he reiterated the old advice about ‘writing every day’ and I’m…
