Category: Weeknotes

This week I have learned: trying to get clever with hardware is all well and good, but if you miss the fundamentals it matters not one jot I've been a Chromebook fan for ages, but since embracing Android apps on ChromeOS a few weeks ago, it's now entering a new phase of fanboidom Chasing numbers … Continue reading Weeknote 311: hiss

This week I have learned: - you know you are getting old when Shadow Ministers look like they've just left college. - problems get solved when people come together. Invariably they are created when people work individually. - the mechanics of the new project are a surprisingly complex example of play and integration of skills … Continue reading Weeknote 310: psychopathic guillotines

This week I have learned: I'm really not going to put up with being told that the reason Brexit won't work is because people who don't support it are talking it down. That's like saying the EU fails because people who didn't like it talked it down. If you honestly think that 37% of the … Continue reading Weeknote 309: Xenophobes

This week I have learned: - Silicon Beach was a wonderful opportunity to hang out with some brilliant minds, some new, some known already. - going back somewhere after a period of rapid change can be a bit parallel universey - we like bundles. Consuming unbundled stuff is a cognitive (over) load. Next week: focus … Continue reading Weeknote 308: the beach

This week I have learned: - I still don't know the collective noun for CIOs Next week: Whitehall - the return leg

This week I have learned: my BBC genes makes me wince at portrait-format video, even if it is Periscope the reason for delay is usually pressure of work, not merely disinterest life is too short to worry unduly about light fittings play. It's important to play. Next week: a few CIO get togethers, and a … Continue reading Weeknote 306: coming together

This week I have learned: stepping back into proper free range working after six months in pseudo-employment is equal parts liberating (woo!) and confusing (where am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to do?) I've spent a lot of effort over the past few years stretching my net There are a few things … Continue reading Weeknote 305: do the hustle

This week I have learned: - the network is strong - a week to depressurise is helpful - new adventures are around the corner Next week: do the hustle.

This week I have learned: working free range it's difficult to not take things personally, but I'm getting better at it budgets, eh? open innovation models are basically about getting a bunch of friends and strangers together, all of whom have some sort of common interest I'm going to miss the Vive A world of … Continue reading Weeknote 303: I fought the law

This week I have learned: sometimes you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to put together the clues correctly random interactions on Twitter never fail to amuse becoming more convinced about the theme of The Book (details to follow) it's time for another FreeRangers gathering (further details here) Next week: Weeknote 303 - Bleep/Squelch