On Friday afternoon I'm going to be presenting at the 2013 Silicon Beach event. Unless I have a massive change of heart between now and then, the following is roughly what I'm going to be saying. If you're attending the event, really, really, this is what I'm going to be saying so don't read the … Continue reading seven stories – Silicon Beach 2013
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Achievements this week included: - getting some time with the kids on this short week before stamp startup madness truly descends Next week: to Silicon Beach and beyond
Achievements this week included: - my first public outting as the man behind stamp (does that make me adhesive?) - great catch ups with Dwain, Alex at LBi, and Ben at Twilio - a fun evening as a panelist at Tech Talkfest - a few new supplier contacts made via a new SalesForce-sponsored LinkedIn group … Continue reading Weeknote 161: summer daze
Achievements this week included: - finishing up with The Borg - first forays into AdWords (my that's an effective way to spend money at pace...) - contacts with some new friends... - ... and some old - getting the first draft of the Silicon Beach presentation out of the way - and spending some great … Continue reading Weeknote 160: all change
Well that was quite a week. After some time in gestation, it's been wonderful to be able to start talking about Stamp. It's been even better to have so much help and support offered in such a short space of time. As of Monday I take the leap into the unknown. At this point, … Continue reading Weeknote 159: ultimate
So it's time for another chapter in my career to open. Two years and five months after starting, it's time to gracefully exit, stage left from Microsoft. It's been a fascinating time. Remarkably, when I joined in March 2011, only the first inklings of the company's future product set were public (or even private internal) … Continue reading Leap, and a net will appear*
Achievements this week included: - meeting Zoe from Talk TechFest (and lining up an appearance at her next event) - completing a little web project - taking at length about myself in an interview for Silicon Beach - a great catch up with Paul Rigby - and a fun pizza with Dale and his chums … Continue reading Weeknote 158: potentially penultimate
Achievements this week included: - great productive meetings with the guys at Tunstall... - ... Emma at Nimbus Ninety... - ... two Simons at Imagination... - .... and Steve from QA - some great new connections made (mostly via Michelle Gallen - thanks!) - a piece published on Computer Weekly (and an entire PR department … Continue reading Weeknote 157: number five is alive
The 156th weeknote. Which means 3 years' worth, if my maths still works. Actually, it's a bit more than three years ago that I wrote the first one of these, as I have taken time off and not written them when on holiday and the like since this in May 2010. Back then, I had … Continue reading Weeknote 156: three years
In the first week of September, I'm going to be speaking at the wonderful Silicon Beach conference in (hopefully still) sunny Bournemouth. The following article isn't my talk, but sets up what I will be talking about - the importance of empathy in design (and ways to achieve it). If you are interested in coming … Continue reading Silicon Beach 2013 – The World Isn’t Flat
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