So for the past couple of years at about this time of year I've pulled together a quick view of what have been the most popular articles on my blog over the preceding 12 months. It's a useful reflective exercise to see what has chimed with people, and also gives me the opportunity to remember … Continue reading The Top Posts of 2014 – Part 1
I'm currently about 2/3rds of the way through Walter Isaacson's latest book, The Innovators, an ambitious project to chart the history of what I guess one would call the world of "digital" - computing, programming and devices. From Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage coming up with the ideas of a multiple-purpose reprogrammable computing device, to … Continue reading Innovation is a team sport
This week I have learned: - big coincidences happen. They're great. - helping people think is great. Telling stories to do so is great fun. - random contact from the Internet is also great. - I don't know that anyone really can see beyond about 3 months into the future these days. - meetings that … Continue reading Weeknote 224: career paths
The technology diffusion curve is a very well established way of analysing the extent to which some new innovation has been adopted within a community or industry. Innovators lead the way, followed in turn by early adopters, the early majority, the late majority and finally the laggards. If we look around us today, for example, … Continue reading Early adoption
Andy Swann, progenitor of the fascinating TheWorkProject has published a great post on the skills that are required by people entering the job market to actually get a job. He terms it "the entrepreneurial job seeker" and, putting aside my issues with the term entrepreneur being used by anyone other than those setting up their … Continue reading Unnatural acts in ridiculous costumes
Things I have learned this week: - the slightly freaky thing about having an up-to-date and in focus picture of yourself on Twitter is that people come up to you at events and know you already, even if you've never met in person - my new bag is Engineering Serendipity - alongside Business card stories (blog article … Continue reading Weeknote 223: reporting back
I had a fine old time last night on the 40th Floor the HSBC's Canary Wharf headquarters at the latest installment of Matthew Partovi's Culturevist community. Matthew is a man full of ideas and is also the chap behind the Work Unbound experiment I ran recently. The Culturevist group are a mix of folk who … Continue reading #anticulturevist
I took a trip to London’s fashionable West End yesterday lunchtime, and one thing struck me above all else. Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are all around us. LEDs are the light behind our mobile screens. LEDs increasingly provide light in interior spaces. They sit in the lamp clusters on cars. They illuminate television sets. They … Continue reading Invisible lights
Things I have learned this week: - registering for VAT seems like it has been a long time coming (but is here at last!) - Working Unbound is great (just don't ask me why) - it's been a long time since I last took part in a formal debate - IT sales people are really … Continue reading Weeknote 222: Phone meltdown
I've never been able to get my head around Google Plus. Facebook is largely where I go for not-work things, Twitter and LinkedIn for work stuff. I store my photos privately in Google +, but only because I've used Picasa for a few years. I have been known to refer to G+ as the "social … Continue reading Multiple personality disorders
