Baby Web comes of age...

Back when internet connections were done by modem and web pages were hand-crafted HTML, before there was really a thing called a blog, we started a web site to record our experiences during pregnancy and leading to Ella’s birth. Since then, I’ve had a bunch of HTML files

Baby Web comes of age...

Back when internet connections were done by modem and web pages were hand-crafted HTML, before there was really a thing called a blog, we started a web site to record our experiences during pregnancy and leading to Ella’s birth. Since then, I’ve had a bunch of HTML files

Baby Web

Baby Web comes of age...

Back when internet connections were done by modem and web pages were hand-crafted HTML, before there was really a thing called a blog, we started a web site to record our experiences during pregnancy and leading to Ella’s birth. Since then, I’ve had a bunch of HTML files

Did we just go back in time?

You might notice that the archives now stretch back to August 2005.With only 5 weeks to go now until we leave, we’ve been starting to think about how we might use the blog going forward. In fact we’ve enjoyed it so much that we are going to

Did we just go back in time?

You might notice that the archives now stretch back to August 2005.With only 5 weeks to go now until we leave, we’ve been starting to think about how we might use the blog going forward. In fact we’ve enjoyed it so much that we are going to

Did we just go back in time?

You might notice that the archives now stretch back to August 2005.With only 5 weeks to go now until we leave, we’ve been starting to think about how we might use the blog going forward. In fact we’ve enjoyed it so much that we are going to

London

Did we just go back in time?

You might notice that the archives now stretch back to August 2005.With only 5 weeks to go now until we leave, we’ve been starting to think about how we might use the blog going forward. In fact we’ve enjoyed it so much that we are going to

Musings

Why Enterprises are sucker-punched by Web2.0

Would you like to buy the Brooklyn bridge? I was reflecting on some internal conversations around blogs a couple of days ago, and it really struck home that Enterprises haven’t really “got” blogs as one example only. “What!” you cry. We have a blog, that our (insert marketing / managing

Musings

Is data portability important for the enterprise?

Gia Lyons tweeted “[can someone tell me] the value of the data portability movement for enterprises, i mean. Not consumer sites”.I thought I’d put my thoughts down here, not least because I know that Elias Bizannes and Chris Saad, both players in the Dataportability movement occasionally stumble across

Musings

Refactor your life step 4 — be you

Reputation is character minus what you’ve been caught doing — Michael Iapoce On-line you can be who you want to be, however I think most regular bloggers will agree that reputations are built and enhanced by interacting with people who aren’t afraid to be themselves, rather than hiding behind

Musings

The Enterprise of 2010 (plus)

The debate around Web 2.0 Vs Enterprise 2.0 etc. is an interesting one. Ultimately though, these are tags for concepts. An interesting question is what does an Enterprise 2.0 actually look like. Can we describe explicitly the functions, features, capabilities, staff, management style etc. that all build

Musings

Refactor your life step 3 — blogs

This one is short and sweet.Update your blog software AND template. Do it. Do it now. And if you use a hosted platform like Blogger, laugh out loud at those of us who don’t but need to keep this step in mind.I’ve been using my favourite

Musings

Refactor your life step 2 — mail

Time to deal with that pesky e-mail. Actually this is one that I *mostly* have under control, but I think there are a couple of valuable tips. Depending on how you approach your e-mail, your mileage will vary.Broadly, there are four different types of e-mail you can have: 1.

Musings

Re-factor your life step 1

There are many places one can begin, but for me the first step in the journey is my internet browser. For various reasons (not least because we still use it at work) I’ve stuck with IE6. I played with version 1 of Firefox, but the performance was terrible and

Weekend with Grandpa

Grandpa popped in for a couple of nights this weekend on his return journey from Germany. We were all very excited as he’s the first family member to see where we’re living in London. Jasper was so excited after he arrived that he very nearly wet his pants!

Weekend with Grandpa

Grandpa popped in for a couple of nights this weekend on his return journey from Germany. We were all very excited as he’s the first family member to see where we’re living in London. Jasper was so excited after he arrived that he very nearly wet his pants!

Weekend with Grandpa

Grandpa popped in for a couple of nights this weekend on his return journey from Germany. We were all very excited as he’s the first family member to see where we’re living in London. Jasper was so excited after he arrived that he very nearly wet his pants!

London

Weekend with Grandpa

Grandpa popped in for a couple of nights this weekend on his return journey from Germany. We were all very excited as he’s the first family member to see where we’re living in London. Jasper was so excited after he arrived that he very nearly wet his pants!

My arms hurt......

I spent time at the school yesterday preparing for a working bee that’s coming up on Friday. Four hours of sweeping and scraping moss off the bitumen. And now my arms hurt.Haven’t done so much physical work for months! An ‘after’ shot of the areaThis photo may

My arms hurt......

I spent time at the school yesterday preparing for a working bee that’s coming up on Friday. Four hours of sweeping and scraping moss off the bitumen. And now my arms hurt.Haven’t done so much physical work for months! An ‘after’ shot of the areaThis photo may

My arms hurt......

I spent time at the school yesterday preparing for a working bee that’s coming up on Friday. Four hours of sweeping and scraping moss off the bitumen. And now my arms hurt.Haven’t done so much physical work for months! An ‘after’ shot of the areaThis photo may

London

My arms hurt......

I spent time at the school yesterday preparing for a working bee that’s coming up on Friday. Four hours of sweeping and scraping moss off the bitumen. And now my arms hurt.Haven’t done so much physical work for months! An ‘after’ shot of the areaThis photo may

Kids' Top 5 Things

We recently posted our Top ten lists (what we’ll miss from UK, what we’re looking forward to). At dinner last night we asked Ella and Jasper what their Top Five were: Jasper Top 5 Miss from UK1. Fircroft School2. Our London house3. My friends at Fircroft4. Working (he

Kids' Top 5 Things

We recently posted our Top ten lists (what we’ll miss from UK, what we’re looking forward to). At dinner last night we asked Ella and Jasper what their Top Five were: Jasper Top 5 Miss from UK1. Fircroft School2. Our London house3. My friends at Fircroft4. Working (he

Kids' Top 5 Things

We recently posted our Top ten lists (what we’ll miss from UK, what we’re looking forward to). At dinner last night we asked Ella and Jasper what their Top Five were: Jasper Top 5 Miss from UK1. Fircroft School2. Our London house3. My friends at Fircroft4. Working (he