Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, is something I know very little about. This is a shame, because I’ve been maintaining this website, or previous incarnations of it, since about 1995 when I first got Internet access, yet almost no one has heard of it. Apparently. I was at university then,… Read More
On Monday, I started reading Competitive Strategy, by Michael Porter. I caught the train to work, and I like to read during the journey. I’ve had the book on my shelf for quite a few years, ever since I pinched it from my Dad. It’s a 1980 copy from when… Read More
For many people, becoming debt free is more of a distant dream than a close reality. I’m not yet 33, and yet I just became completely debt free. And I’m going to share with you some tips about how you can be debt free too, whatever your age. To be… Read More
So you’ve just signed another check for a couple of million dollars of storage hardware. Just what is everyone keeping on there? If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a PC chock full of old email, digital photos, your mp3 collection, a bunch of old shell scripts, stock photos for… Read More
As you can probably see, I’ve change the site quite substantially. It’s quite a big move, overall. I’ve dropped Zope in favour of WordPress. Zope has been fine for my own software, but for blogging, it sucks. The blog software that’s available for Zope is pretty unfriendly, slow to be… Read More
I’ve recently been playing the new Wil Wright game Spore. I’ve waited years for this game, and so far it has delivered on most of the early promise. The procedural characters are exactly that. The editors are incredibly intuitive and easy to use; an excellent example of good design. I’ve… Read More
I’ve been reading the book The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman this week. It’s really cool. It covers many of the same things as the behavioral economics master class link I posted a couple of days ago. It’s all about how things are often poorly designed, so… Read More
Via MetaFilter, here is a really super interesting series of writeups from a Master Class given by Richard Thaler and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman. I’ve only read a bit of it so far, but I had a real “Ooh! Ooh! YES!” moment when reading this piece, where they talk about… Read More
Today I started a professional mentoring program with a friend and colleague of mine: Roger Mannett. He has kindly agreed to act as my mentor, and today was our first meeting in that vein. I’ve long admired Roger professionally. I had the pleasure of working for him during my days… Read More
