Tales from my travels: 50 Bucks!
I’ve met some of the most interesting personalities on planes. Or at airports. There is something about the transience of travel that seems to bring out a form of casual honesty. One such encounter ...
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How Sporty is Spain?
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 gym. It's almost like w...
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 them installed by the throne in the bathroom. ...
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 of February so that people can start...
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 developer to work on an ongoing experiment - Sn...
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 the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I'd like you to s...
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 evening with George sitting ac...
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 'this is a shitty job'. It is. Life is full of shitty jobs - cr...
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 proudly proclaim 'we do Scrum'. ...
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, making art with t...
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 serious looking. H...
My Web Summit 2015 Experience - the really short version.
TL;DR Web Summit was a major experience. There were a lot of people - the organisers claim 42,000 people were in attendance - and it felt it. If you aren't a people person don't go. If you are exh...