Archive for 2008
Mission Vision and Value – On Purpose
Kate of Blog to Discovery and Stephen of HD BizBlog started this one off. Stephen and I exchanged emails and though this would be a great carnival topic to raise awareness and provoke some more discussion and debate, and I am 26 minutes late with my post! Most companies have a vision and mission statement, [...]
7 Common E-mail Mistakes and How Not To Make Them
A heavy e-mail week has lead to this post! It is finally time to write up the most common e-mail mistakes, and how not to make them, with special thanks to Chris Butler and his post on e-mail etiquette, via Twitter. These are my own experiences, add your own to the comments. Not putting a [...]
Mini-bar Meet Up – Some New Technologies
I’m always on the lookout for new technologies that will make businesses, and people, more effective and productive. My latest port of call was the February London BarCamp minibar meet up. TechCrunch UK‘s Mike Butcher was there to shepherd the evening’s five minute speaker slots along, and ask the questions that make a web business [...]
Not So Private Data
The issue of identity information isn’t as simple as private or public, unshared or shared. In the Internet age, searchablility and discoverability are also factors, as well as the more granular way we can choose to share data. Computers give the illusion that we can control what we share and who we share it with. [...]
Thinking and Doing
It is that time of year for me. It is coming up to my birthday, again, which always seems to trigger a time of introspection and reflection. Maybe it is kicked off by that irrational discomfort of a digit shifting in the ominous number that denotes my age these days.
Who’s are you? The Question of stolen (bits of) identity
I was wandering the streets of London this week, in a productive way of course, when I saw a familiar face. I nodded and he nodded back. “Are you who I think you are?” I said. “Well, that very much depends on who you think I am, doesn’t it?” he said.
Practice to be Crisp
People get sloppy. Sometimes people are always sloppy, soggy. In choosing people to work with, the issue of balancing aptitude with experience comes up. There are people who have done a job day-in and day-out for years – lots of experience – but they are no better than a bright new thing with just a [...]
