Musings

Innovation the Google way

I wrote here about a quote I found and challenged its premise that companies no longer innovate once they find their “cash-cow”. I used Google as an example of an innovative company however Chris Saad made the very fair point that really Google’s “cash-cow” was not search, but

Musings

Anti Innovation

Touchstone popped this up from the blogosphere: Every company innovates until it finds a cash cow. At that point only innovation that supports the cash cow is promoted. Further, any innovation that threatens or does not support the cash cow languishes or is actively killed. Eventually, most of the true

Musings

Mobile mashup and SOA

I found this Wall Street Journal video here at The Lost Remote. One of the things I’ve been working on at the moment is a retail sector publication on trends and issues for 2007. This video sums up succinctly the message I’ve been trying (like many others)

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The boys from Oz

I’ve been impressed with the quality of a number of developments I’ve come across recently coming out of Australia. It seems to be a hot bed of Web 2.0 type activity with some world class products.Three that take my fancy are: * http://www.atlassian.com

Long time since update!

Well the house is finished. I guess we got a bit hectic with Christmas etc. and it’s been a while! We are now settled in a very happy in the extension. No issues and we had a great wrap up party with everyone. I guess the question now is

Long time since update!

Well the house is finished. I guess we got a bit hectic with Christmas etc. and it’s been a while! We are now settled in a very happy in the extension. No issues and we had a great wrap up party with everyone. I guess the question now is

Long time since update!

Well the house is finished. I guess we got a bit hectic with Christmas etc. and it’s been a while! We are now settled in a very happy in the extension. No issues and we had a great wrap up party with everyone. I guess the question now is

Rockbeare

Long time since update!

Well the house is finished. I guess we got a bit hectic with Christmas etc. and it’s been a while! We are now settled in a very happy in the extension. No issues and we had a great wrap up party with everyone. I guess the question now is

More photos

Further progress over the last few days, not a lot photogenic however. Plumber has come and more or less finished the plumbing — the sink in the bathroom is not quite square and needs to go back to the manufacturer, but otherwise all is good in the bathroom, with only the

More photos

Further progress over the last few days, not a lot photogenic however. Plumber has come and more or less finished the plumbing — the sink in the bathroom is not quite square and needs to go back to the manufacturer, but otherwise all is good in the bathroom, with only the

More photos

Further progress over the last few days, not a lot photogenic however. Plumber has come and more or less finished the plumbing — the sink in the bathroom is not quite square and needs to go back to the manufacturer, but otherwise all is good in the bathroom, with only the

Rockbeare

More photos

Further progress over the last few days, not a lot photogenic however. Plumber has come and more or less finished the plumbing — the sink in the bathroom is not quite square and needs to go back to the manufacturer, but otherwise all is good in the bathroom, with only the

A better picture of the bathroom

Natural daylight helps a lot!

A better picture of the bathroom

Natural daylight helps a lot!

A better picture of the bathroom

Natural daylight helps a lot!

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A better picture of the bathroom

Natural daylight helps a lot!

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Picture of the kitchen taken from where the TV used to be (for Dad). You can see the sliding door on the right now fitted. The laundry with tiles. Also architraves around the windows, the new glass door and the final coat of paint on walls. The dryer can now

Untitled

Picture of the kitchen taken from where the TV used to be (for Dad). You can see the sliding door on the right now fitted. The laundry with tiles. Also architraves around the windows, the new glass door and the final coat of paint on walls. The dryer can now

Untitled

Picture of the kitchen taken from where the TV used to be (for Dad). You can see the sliding door on the right now fitted. The laundry with tiles. Also architraves around the windows, the new glass door and the final coat of paint on walls. The dryer can now

Rockbeare

Kitchen

Picture of the kitchen taken from where the TV used to be (for Dad). You can see the sliding door on the right now fitted. The laundry with tiles. Also architraves around the windows, the new glass door and the final coat of paint on walls. The dryer can now

After the joiner finshed...

Well it turns out to be a three day job, but the joiner worked back until 9PM on Tuesday night to finish it. The plumber came yesterday and comes again today to finish off taps, dishwashers etc. and the electricians are here today too. By this weekend the kitchen will

After the joiner finshed...

Well it turns out to be a three day job, but the joiner worked back until 9PM on Tuesday night to finish it. The plumber came yesterday and comes again today to finish off taps, dishwashers etc. and the electricians are here today too. By this weekend the kitchen will

After the joiner finshed...

Well it turns out to be a three day job, but the joiner worked back until 9PM on Tuesday night to finish it. The plumber came yesterday and comes again today to finish off taps, dishwashers etc. and the electricians are here today too. By this weekend the kitchen will

Rockbeare

After the joiner finshed...

Well it turns out to be a three day job, but the joiner worked back until 9PM on Tuesday night to finish it. The plumber came yesterday and comes again today to finish off taps, dishwashers etc. and the electricians are here today too. By this weekend the kitchen will

Kitchen starts

Well, things are really starting to come to a close now, with the joinery going in. By the end of this week we will have a functional kitchen. Of course there will still be lots of bits and pieces — more cladding, som architraves, doors, skirtings, a bit of tiling etc.