Weeknote 68: blog post 400

Achievements this week included: - clarity starts to emerge on our approach to spreading the word in the next nine months - views into how we can use data from our app marketplaces... - ...and strategies about how we can manage contact data more effectively - and completed this, my 400th blog post Next week: … Continue reading Weeknote 68: blog post 400

Weeknote 67: back home

Achievements this week included: - discovering what we can and can't say about what we may or may not have seen last week (ssshhhh!) - continuing conversations about new ideas for live event formats - great catch ups with Richard Hall (@CloudOrigin), Trudy, the boys from The Telegraph, and Drew @ 33 (@drewb) - preparation … Continue reading Weeknote 67: back home

Weeknote 66 – (one tenth of the beast)

Achievements this week included: - attending the Build convention in Anaheim - some great thinking and conversations about how events might be rethought in the future - some inspirational stuff around Agile... and how it might apply to marketing activity - not doing the usual conference thing of burning the candle at both ends Next … Continue reading Weeknote 66 – (one tenth of the beast)

Travelblog: Build

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...

Weeknote 65: getting ready to Build

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

Weeknote 64: reviewed

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

Weeknote 63: all move

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

Weeknote 62: over capacity

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)

Weeknote 61: Productivity

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