How Sporty is Spain?
mhsutton I recently took up running and had occasion to shop for running gear and suddenly I’m seeing people wearing “sports” clothing everywhere. Most are unlikely to be heading to the…
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Telephones in toilets
What is it with telephones in hotel room toilets? In this apparently 5-star hotel I’m holed up in Amsterdam – they have 3 phones in this room and one of…
Downtime in the Age of Cloud Computing
We are working on an experimental mobile based social photography app called Snaptime and we have an ambitious plan to have it on the various app stores by the 1st…
A week of amazing things.
3 amazing things happened this week First – the fundraising target for my Long Walk on Camino de Norte was reached in less than 24 hours. Then I hired a…
I'm going for a walk
The Short and Sweet Between May 8th and the 20th , I’ll be walking 214km 240km of the 815km long of the Camino del Norte – the northern route of…
Who is telling your story?
I’m reading an autobiography of George Carlin – one of my favourite comedians. This biography is much more than an autobiography – it is more like a spending an endless…
Every kid needs to learn to use a toilet brush
I recently showed my son to use a toilet brush to clean up a mess he made. Of course he turned his nose up and made the face that says…
The Process Delusion
We do Scrum (or Kanban or SAFe or..) How often have you met people – usually executives and management at conferences or other spaces outside of their company and they…
Love with Dead Things
Our walnut tree gives us lovely walnuts and dead leaves. Both are lovely in different ways. I actually love sweeping up the leaves, hearing them crunch underfoot and , occasionally,…
The Nature of Crazy
It’s 5:15 AM in Geneva and the train to the airport is getting busy. Amongst all the bleary eyed travelers is a seemingly ‘normal’ individual. Rain jacketed, clean shaven and…