A very entertaining week so far. Completely out of the blue a few people contacted me asking for help setting up their own blogs with WordPress. I am very happy to help, especially if you are based in the UK or are setting something up for a charity/not-for-profit. Likewise, if you have any questions on [...]

Sounds like Steve, over at Micro Persuasion is having excellent fun with his iPhone and Flikr for GTD. Bunk suggests getting a pen and paper. Bunk, where’s the geek in you? That’s far too efficient and environmentally friendly! All of this did trigger some interesting and useful thoughts though, I promise…

You may remember that I am a big TED fan (not the cuddly animal - the amazing conference). Digging thought the archives recently, I rediscovered this gem from Al Gore. He has become a powerful communicator and this is a fine example. Here are some key things that he does, that you can do too:

The local roads are decorated with “Foot and Mouth” notices, as another outbreak sets in around my home here in the UK. Infectious diseases are nasty things, with an amazing ability to propagate rapidly and to do great damage in the process. There is also a communication affliction that is now infectious, thanks to email: [...]

I was Tagged by Priscilla Palmer and added to her Personal Development blog list, which is becoming something of a buzz in the blogosphere and is definitely a who’s who of personal development blogging! Thank you Priscilla!

This one might turn into a meme! “NFYB” says Seth Godin. It stands for ‘Not For Your Blog’ and I like it. In the age of blogging, Facebook and Twitter, the boundary between public and private is changing. That blur is changing communication, a private conversation is only a few hours away from being a [...]

My personal mission to increase productivity, by decreasing the number of gadgets I use, took a sideways step recently. Since I started listening to podcasts, lectures and audio books, my iPod nano has become a fairly central part of my life. Now my new companion has even started listening to me, resulting in an even [...]