I'm off this week to attend the Build conference in LA. Whilst I won't be talking much about the conference content (there are far wiser people to do that on my behalf), there may be some reflections over the course of the week as to the experience of a conference at the gates to Disneyland...
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Achievements this week included: - completing the last bits of the performance review process - kicking off two recruitment exercises (more details soon) - monthly project review process sort of completed - quite a bit of blogging for once - the start of planning for Store Wars Next week: five days in Anaheim
Achievements this week included: - completing the review cycle - finding some magic funding (and things to do with it) - further refining of the social media "big ideas" - thoughts on a presentation for seedhack - creative conversations with folk from my old place, Mike at IDG, the guys at Metia and @andrewdotcom (he … Continue reading Weeknote 64: reviewed
Achievements this week included: - further review meetings - thoughts crystallising on how to exploit social media in a way that isn't just as another media channel - a good catch up with Lucy George @wordville - and a house move (at last!)... - ... although that means a three-week home broadband lull Next week: … Continue reading Weeknote 63: all move
Achievements this week included: - conversations around the motivations for developers - a need to rehouse my blog as a result - further review meetings - a good day in London meeting various folk - man flu Next week: a rehousing of another sort (hopefully)
Achievements this week included: - first draft of a new editorial process for use in the team - remaining monthly project reviews - short-listed on the recruitment process, and began final interviews - some thoughts on how to better work with the Most Valued Professionals community - and some ideas for a series of editorial … Continue reading Weeknote 61: Productivity
Achievements this week included: - a good day's workshop with the whole team - working out ways of working with a couple of key clients in the business - the beginning of the monthly work review meetings - and the latest in staff annual reviews Next week: setting commitments.
Achievements this week included: - almost submitted my first expenses claim (long story) - good catch ups with Mike Thompson at Headshift and @bolarotibi - planning for a team workshop next week - booking review meetings for the whole team Next week: the aforementioned workshop, plus a number of client meetings
It's been a busy week in Denver. Presentations in a sports arena, sessions in a conference centre the size of your average airport, frequent networking opportunities, and the odd drink here and there. A few years ago, I went to New York in early December. I was expecting to hate a whole load of Christmas … Continue reading Travelblog MGX
Tomorrow I'm heading off to Denver, Colorado to attend the Microsoft Global Exchange (known, inevitably, as MGX). MGX sees the gathering of 15,000 Microsoft employees from around the globe. That many people requires a sports stadium, and so it is that the plenary sessions will be being held at Denver's Pepsi Center. Quite frankly, there … Continue reading TravelBlog MGX 1
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