That talk and how it went

December 8, 2011 | Freelance, general, thoughts

I was prepared. I was confident. I wasn’t particularly nervous. I boarded that train and made way across London, the Teenage Cancer Trust offices where I donned my suit, to the location of the eyeforpharma Mobile Strategies 2011. The crowd was a fair size, maybe 150 people, and the seat were arranged around tables in [...]

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Preparing for my first conference talk

November 28, 2011 | Freelance, general, thoughts

After I went self employed one of my “to dos” was to become confident at public speaking. I’m happy to talk for a long time about things I know about, like bikes and the web, to friends but speaking in front of a crowd of people has always filled me with dread. As a practice [...]

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The Steve Jobs Legacy

October 9, 2011 | general

So the fateful day came somewhat unexpectedly, October 5th 2011. Steve Jobs died of complications surrounding a rare form of pancreatic cancer. We’ve all seen the numerous news stories and public show of respect. I’ll use this opportunity to say rest in peace, and thanks Steve, you’ve made a big impact on my life 1. [...]

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Where You Been, Man?

June 9, 2011 | general

It’s been a while since my last post. Isn’t that always the way, good intentions aren’t as fast as the space time continuum. Since the last post I’ve had a son, Ezekiel. He’s a very fun little chappie, if a little demanding. As such I had the last two weeks off as paternity leave. And [...]

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1st post

October 31, 2010 | general

I’m still building this as you can see. But I’ll be blogging here about what I get up to in my working life as I think come across enough problems and have enough observations to warrant my views being expressed. And if no one reads it doesn’t matter – the primary purpose of this blog [...]

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