Don't get me wrong - I love Open Source software and have used some of it fairly widely in various development projects that I've done. I'm also aware of the fact that people involved in the develop…
With thanks to Rachel G. who gave me the idea of writing this up! Over the years I must have tried any number of Time Management techniques - I have to say that whilst I'm much better these days at fi…
Back in January the UK Government opened a web site upthat was described as "a one-stop shop for developers hoping to find inventive new ways of using government data". The site, http://data.gov.uk/…
An item caught my attention recently- so much so that I actually replied to the other blog! It suggests that in order to succeed as a startup you actually need to be in Silicon Valley or a similar pl…
Hands up whoever has heard of the Red Queen's Race? That was the athletic event in Wonderland where the participants had to run very hard to stay exactly where they were. I'm becoming convinced that…
I recently commented on whether Web 2.0 had 'jumped the shark' in terms of strange applications, and also remarked on whether the biggest threat to online privacy was ourselves. However, I don't thin…
Are we heading for a 'speculative bubble' effect in the portions of the media and IT economy that are tied up with Social Media and Social networking? Regular readers will know that I'm something of …
The Greeks had the Oracle at Delphi; we have consultants. A recent comment on Twitter suggested that the Apocalypse would be heralded by everyone on Twitter being a 'Social Media Expert' - sometimes t…
I'm old enough to have used an address book and still have a Rolodex on the phone table. When I actually sit down and think about the people with whom I have reasonably regular 'quality' contact in a…
I appreciate that this is likely to be one of those posts that will annoy some folks, but, here we go. A couple of days ago I was invited by two or three separate people to join Facebook Groups and si…