Category: Weeknotes

What I have learned this week:- HDMI can plug straight into DVI (dull, but has changed my use of monitors (and hence my posture), all with a £5 cable...)- Every organisation is defined by it's abbreviations (three-letter or otherwise)- Collaboration is a team sport (my new favourite aphorism)- Agile is incredibly individualistic (blog post to … Continue reading Weeknote 211: OHMS

Things I have learned this week:- never try to get anything sensible done on the August Bank Holiday weekend- I think it's fair to describe my hair these days as "Thinning"- Twitter is increasingly becoming an exercise in me suppressing sarcasm- it's very exciting to get to organise something- and also to publish somethingThis is … Continue reading Weeknote 210: Working 9 to 5

Things I have learned this week: - layers of intermediaries add exponential layers of bureaucracy - never put off for tomorrow what you're scared of doing today - starting a business, building a business and scaling a business are very different parts of the same whole Next week: a long weekend, and then my last … Continue reading Weeknote 209: plate spinning

25 years after receiving my own A-Level results my rusty maths tells me that Weeknote 208 equates to four whole years-worth of weeknoting. Actually the first one I ever wrote was back in May 2010, just as I was about to depart on a trip to see colleagues in Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai in … Continue reading Weeknote 208: Four More Years

This week I have learned: - it's almost possible to live working life without a laptop - offers of work come from the most mysterious places - Twitter is a place for powerful connections to be made - August really is jolly quiet, isn't it? Next week: London on my mind

Things I have learned this week: - interesting start-ups seem to come out of anywhere but Shoreditch (notably http://wearebeem.com/, http://buyerdeck.com/ and http://pinipa.com/) - RBS's credit card has its very own online service (who knew! Been using their online banking for as long as it's been around and I didn't) - Sir Humphrey is alive and … Continue reading Weeknote 206: cashflow

Things I have learned this week: - never underestimate the British weather - or my inability to find connectivity in the hillier parts of England Next week: back to London

This week I have learned: - there's an amazing amount of digital transformation happening in the credit card world (well, one part of it, at least) - Wonga are even more devious than I had first thought - PR people like pink drinks - getting a promoted post on LinkedIn seriously drives some traffic - … Continue reading Weeknote 204: promoted

Things I have learned this week: - there is power in a network (particularly if you are running a survey) - Sir Humphrey is looking a lot younger these days - being told that you've inspired someone is really quite wonderful - my use of Twitter is changing - one minute everything can look dire, … Continue reading Weeknote 203: bounce

Things I have learned this week: - always trust instincts about cultural artifacts - it's time to refocus - speaking is always so much better when I'm having fun - you never know from where the next opportunity will pop up Next week: speed networking