It’s with great sadness I announce the departing of a much loved Rover Metro at the ripe old age of 89,000 miles. Head gaskets. Damn them. It’s not an expense I need now – a new car – but I suppose these things happen. And it means something shiny and new(ish) to play with – […]
Well… it turns out I’m very, very out of the office at the moment. Email access is flaky at best, so the best way to get in touch is to phone or text me. My landline number will go through to voicemail, which I’ll pick up when I’m home at the weekend, or I’m available […]
I’m out of the office for the next couple of weeks – I’ll be available by email, or leave a message on my voicemail – I’ll be able to check it lunchtimes and evenings. I’ll tell you all about it when I get back…
First up – Asimo. Now, I love the Honda advert with this little robotty fella. So when I saw this on The Register, I was very – well, somewhat – excited to see him in action some more. It was a little disappointing: What’s with the human-like, girly voice? He should sound like a proper […]
Ah, the iPhone. Is it just me who thinks it’s nothing more than a fairly bog-standard smart phone, but with incredibly sexy design job and thoroughly beautiful looking user interface? Don’t get me wrong – I’m completely caught up by the hype and I’d like one. I like some of the clever features, too – […]
I’m discovering a talent for putting things off. Which is not a good talent to have. My methods for procrastination are many and varied, but some notable examples include: Writing to-do lists – it’s certainly not the case that I don’t really have enough to do. It’s just trying to motivate myself to do things […]
Yes, just like I said I would in my “year ahead” post below, I’m really pushing my marketing at the moment. My target is to find at least two opportunities per day; yesterday and today it’s been people I know and agencies I respect. There’s a few of them, too, so that should continue for […]
Ah, the end of the year. They just seem to be racing by, to be honest. I said in a previous post I’d set some personal goals for 2007 to go with the business goals, so I’ll get on to that in a minute. First up, though, 2006 in review. I doubt anyone’s interested; this […]
Way back in 2004, the organisation I used to work for held one of their series of “ideas talks”, getting leading thinkers to talk about business, ideas, and creativity. This particular event – Robert Heller holding an “ideas audit” for three leading regional businesses – called for business to be unreasonably ambitious. Well, I’m working […]
There are photos of the awards ceremony online now – rather small, but I’m about to email the photographer to get a copy of at least one of them. See them here: http://www.ipr.org.uk/prideawards/eastanglia/2006/photographs/photographs.asp