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Defining Digital
..or rather entirely failing to do so. Recently I had one of those questions that rocks you a little bit. When someone asks you something that you had taken for granted to such an extent you had stopped thinking about whether anyone else outside of your circle really understands. In this case the question was;…
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The Medium School of Product Management
https://flic.kr/p/dPraP …curing me of ‘impostor syndrome’ I’ve always found it hard to define what it is I do for a living. It has always seemed pretty amorphous and I’ve just sort of muddled along (for sixteen years!) doing the best I could in the circumstances but always unsure where I fit in with the wider…
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The Graffiti Hype Cycle
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edmittance/ Entering the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’? There is this well known thing in technology circles called the Gartner Hype Cycle. The ambitious goal of it is to “ represent the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies.” I’m not a fan generally but on this occasion I think it helps illustrate a completely separate…
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Taking a breather..
I’ve decided to take the rest of this year off from blogging here – I’ll write the occasional thing over on Medium and on our work blog but I’m thinking I’m going to turn the lights off here as the fun has gone out of it a bit (lot).
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Fear of flying
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87857621@N00/2631812503/ I was 27 the first time I remember getting on a plane. I’d apparently been to Spain as a young child but I really have zero memories of that. I have always been deathly afraid of heights — to the extent that I couldn’t cross the Clifton Suspension Bridge without freezing and needing to be carried…