Image thanks to Freepik.com When we make comparisons, why do we only ever look up? We only ever consider those who seemingly have more rather than less. Bigger, faster, better, richer rather than smaller, slower, worse or poorer. Among the people I know, the pool of people below is much larger than the tiny pool … Continue reading Comparison for startups
The market will correct itself
Image thanks to Freepik When we first bought our house, back in the day, we took out an endowment mortgage. I don’t know if such a thing exists these days yet they promised the earth. Basically, if I recall correctly, you borrowed the money for the house, paid the interest only and took out an … Continue reading The market will correct itself
Where’s the money come from?
Image thanks to pixels.com Talking to a potential business partner over the last few weeks I found that the question of how they make their money came to my mind. It’s an old chestnut for me, partly because I am interested in different business models but, more importantly, I don't want to enter into a … Continue reading Where’s the money come from?
Eldon Square 5G
Throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s I spent a large amount of my life in Newcastle. Although I didn’t live in the city, or town as we know it, I went to school there from 1971 to 1978 and the university from 1978. At the back end of the decade I did live in … Continue reading Eldon Square 5G
Waiting, waiting, waiting.
If you’ve been following my blog, you will know that we have been getting some building work done at the back of the house. It wasn’t a big job but went on longer than it should. Anyway, the structure is up now and the gardener has arrived to relay the patio. As I write this … Continue reading Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Strike out
I can’t let the debacle with CrowdStrike go by without comment. It is so ironic that software designed to protect businesses from cyber security attacks caused a huge amount of disruption. Its strapline after all is: Stop breaches. Drive business. According to Microsoft, 8.5 million Windows hosts were affected by CrowdStrike’s blunder, which is 0.6% … Continue reading Strike out
The sea designs the boat
Image thanks to the Vasa museum I enjoyed listening to Tom Chatfield’s talk at Thinking Digital this year. I can call him Tom as we met when I went to buy his book ‘Wise Animals’. He even wrote a nice inscription on the inside cover. I always come away from Thinking Digital with books as … Continue reading The sea designs the boat
Building Work
I apologise to anyone who has had to sit through an online meeting with me over the last few weeks. We’ve been getting some building work done on the house, with a lot of banging and drilling, making it quite difficult, at times, to be an active participant. Since COVID, this has been a regular … Continue reading Building Work
Synchronicity
As my life transitions from work to whatever comes after that, my children have taken to buying me gifts that prepare me for the future. The presents are usually books, some to draw in, some with activities to do and some just to read and make me think. One of the book presents is ‘The … Continue reading Synchronicity
Choppy waters
Projects run in waves. One minute everything is fine and you feel like you are at the crest of the wave only to find a few minutes later your hurtling into a trough. Sometimes it's the big things that catch you out while at other times it’s the little things, those you perhaps could have … Continue reading Choppy waters
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 