I’m afraid I can’t take any credit for this, but the Strathclyde Pension Fund Office website – which I wrote the content for earlier in the year – has just won the Website Design Award (Public Sector) in the Professional Pensions Scheme of the Year Awards 2007. It’s great news because the team there are […]

I got an email today out of the blue asking for advice now that I’m a seasoned businessman. Stop laughing at the back. I am, honestly. I’ve been going a year. This was my reply: 1. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Keep every contact you make and – as long as […]

I took a little time off from the busy schedule this weekend to get shot in the bottom, leg, arm and back. Thoroughly good fun: http://www.pixelwork.com/newsStory.cfm?id=254

I’m utterly, utterly snowed under at the moment, so just a quick one: I am currently working at full capacity but happy to talk about work which can take place from 8 October onwards, when things slow down a little, hopefully. If you’ve got anything you want to discuss, please call or email and I’ll […]

Yep, new iPods out now, so as a blogger I’m legally obliged to write about them. There’s going to be lots of debate about the iTouch (the stripped-down iPhone) and costs – but, being shallow, I’m going to skip over that and just drool a lot. God, it looks incredible. What an interface! I’d like […]

It’s nearly September, and September is Tacheback time. Tacheback runs every year and basically involves being sponsored vast (well, some) sums of money to grow a moustache. The money raised goes towards male cancer charities and you can find out more here:http://www.tacheback.com/ I’m doing it for the third year now and hoping to achieve something […]

Following yesterday’s post – and today’s comment suggesting a Wiki – I’ve got a bit of a follow-up. I’ve installed a local version of WordPress, which is running very nicely and will do some of what I want. Coffeelover’s comment, however, suggested a personal Wiki, and this is also something worth thinking about – and […]

I’m still learning loads about working for myself – and what’s involved in each project. It’s been suggested that I keep a diary of my projects – writing notes on each one and what’s involved, what I’ve learnt, how I feel about them etc. I was all for doing this in a hard-backed A4 notebook […]

So – I’ve been reading the Motley Fool, looking at my bank balance and thinking about finances – again. A scare with the car (which turned out to be nothing, thankfully) brought it home to me that at the end of quite a quiet period I’ve not really got enough put aside at the moment […]

OK – for the time being, email is back up, with most of the bounce-backs being automatically deleted. A few are slipping through the net but for the most part things are running. Over the weekend things may be lost, however, so please copy [email protected] into vital emails just to make sure it gets through. […]