I have had the privilege to have worked for some excellent managers over the years, who I credit for helping me to develop my career and skills by allowing me the scope to shape the role I was employed for.
Right the way back to the various managers I had when working in the book trade [...]
One of the things I’ve been keen to do for a while is to add some better comments functionality to London for Free to make it feel a bit more web 2′y.
And as things have gone a bit quiet on the work front lately, I thought I’d seize the moment today to make a start.
I [...]
Around a year ago, I was part of a small group who helped to establish the Brunswick Park Tenants and Residents Association and yesterday we held our first fundraising event – a fete in Brunswick Park.
With minimal advertising and a next-to-nothing budget the organisers provided a brilliant day. Free face painting, free bouncy castle (the [...]
The anniversary of Sept 11 this week got me thinking about how far we’ve come with the use of web 2.0 tools and methods for sharing information in only seven years.
Back then, I think the media coverage was measured by how quickly organisations could update their web pages, capture and show film footage and photos, [...]
I heard on the news the other day that the eighties were recently voted the most popular decade. And that got me thinking about life back then. So I thought I’d create a list of things I remember most about it.
Bearing in mind I was living in Sydney for most of the eighties, here it [...]
Here are some photos I took when in Seattle last week.
The first Starbucks store in the world
The Starbucks store was tiny, no seating and of course quite crowded with tourists.
It is in the historic Pike Street Market area, which is on the waterside. Because its a heritage area, Starbucks couldn’t change the logo of [...]
Comments are free but the code is rubbish
One of the things I’ve been keen to do for a while is to add some better comments functionality to London for Free to make it feel a bit more web 2′y.
And as things have gone a bit quiet on the work front lately, I thought I’d seize the moment today to make a start.
I [...]