There's one thing we got to get, Heyes....
...and that's out of this business!" One of the TV highlights of the week for me in the early 1970s was the TV series 'Alias Smith and Jones', following the adventures of two outlaws on probation, Han…
Tagged: entrepreneur-issues
'Does Microsoft move the cheese too often?'
Every now and again I bother to read something about my profession. I know that this sounds rather bad - continuous professional development and all that stuff - but usually I'm too busy doing stuff …
And Facebook carries on downwards....
In my last post I questioned the value given to Facebook in their IPO. It became clear at the close of first day trading that things hadn't gone according to plan; the usual 'Day One Spike' associate…
The obligatory Facebook IPO post....or...Hey! Zuckerberg! You're my bitch!
Well, despite the state of the world economy, Facebook finally managed it's IPO today and ended the day at roughly the same level as it launched at, having had a high point of about $42 and a start po…
Google Drive...to get your stuff.
I've always had the attitude that any company that has to remind it's staff to 'Do No Evil' is either employing the wrong sort of people or is trying hard to hide the fact that they might not be parag…
I write software...to solve problems
Well, it's a while since I wrote a blog post so why not kick off with a slight bit of professional heresy. I write software for a living; have done for over 30 years, starting with SCMP microprocesso…
Chasing Cars
'Chasing Cars' is the name of a song by the band 'Snow Patrol'. I quite like it - I'm a sucker for sad songs and this is a fine example of the genre. However, it has a little bit of 'back story'. A…
The world's messy - get used to it
One of the great things about Twitter is that it brings articles to my attention that I wouldn't otherwise have read. This blog post originated in one of those articles. It's here- in it, the writer n…
Tweeting in meetings....
I came across this ratherinteresting article from the personal blog of a Pastor in the US recently in which he suggests that Tweeting in Church might be a good idea. Now, I have to admit that I was s…
Arrogance 2.0
Maybe I'm just old, or maybe I just don't get some aspects of modern business - or are some people online purporting to be business experts just arrogant and opinionated folks with insufficient experi…