July 8 – Working hard, differently
mhsutton My last post was about 2 weeks ago and you might have wondered where I disappeared to. Well, I’ll tell you. I was feeling very disheartened about the lack of…
Heroin made Charlie Parker great. I want to be great too.
Isn’t that the dumbest headline ever? I was 25 when I watched “Jazz” the anthology by Ken Burns where he successfully introduces jazz music to a much wider audience. I…
June 26 – Disheartened
I’m sitting here not really wanting to do anything else but code. I know it’s wrong – I’ve built something I passionately believe is valuable but not getting to even…
What you get when you make smart people do stupid things
This post is a little overdue. I promised my daughter I would post her experience as she described it to me and here it is. My daughter Brianna is 16.…
An Experiment for Good.
This weekend I’m taking a break from ServiceChat. I’ll hang out with my family and go to some friends on Saturday for a BBQ and on Sunday, we’ll head to…
There is no room here for your anger.
I had a funny experience last night. Not funny “hahaha”, more funny “wow that’s deep!” Here is what happened. I had put my sons to bed and a few hours…
June 20 – Mikey's back!
The last 13 days Q: Does a daily blog have to be done every day? A: Not when it’s @mhsutton’s blog – obviously. So much has happened in the last…
Businesses apologising on Twitter – see anyone you know?
What is all this about? For the last few months , I’ve been working on my startup (ServiceChat) and trying to understand how businesses do customer service on Twitter. It…
June 7 – Dizzy with pivots.
Yesterday(and the previous 2 days) The last few days have been like driving in a tunnel, with occasional pauses to check the map. Sometimes where you want to is actually…
A Dog Has Died
A dog has died I buried him in the garden next to a rusted old machine. Some day I’ll join him right there, but now he’s gone with his shaggy…