geotagging

The combination of the updated software on my N82, Flickr and Yahoo Go, I should now be in a position to be able to upload geotagged photos to the web from anywhere where I can (afford to) connect to a mobile data network. See the results here.

Back to "work"

After a pleasant week's holiday down in the South West of France, it's back to the task in hand. Technology has had a dramatic impact on the recruitment market in some respects - it's certainly a lot easier now to get to find out about opportunities through mass recruitment sites like monster, the open door … Continue reading Back to "work"

Telepresence at Tower 42

Had a session on Friday afternoon with Cisco, using their Telepresence system at Tower 42 in the City. It's an amazing experience in that, after a few minutes, you don't really notice that you are using the technology. It's the second time that I've used the system, and the first time got a bit more … Continue reading Telepresence at Tower 42

Inactivity…

Time to start blogging again. Having realised that this now turns up on Google when my name is entered (yep, I'll put my hands up to occasional vanity surfing), it might well be being seen as a reflection on me. Which may be related to the fact that I'm now officially on the job market...

the Ikea design ethic

I'm currently involved in a big transformation project, and it strikes me that the standard IT approach to developing solutions tends to miss the journey getting there. In a slightly geeky way, I've always been impressed with the way in which Ikea design their products, and I think that there is something that we in … Continue reading the Ikea design ethic

The journey or the destination

There's a concept in Neuro Linguistic Programming known as meta-programs which talks about people's personalities sitting on a series of continua. As an example, the "Away from" or "Towards" meta-program has Towards people tending to state things in terms of what they want, and Away from people in terms of what they don't want. If a … Continue reading The journey or the destination