Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Category

It’s one of those special moments again. Cory Doctorow has released his latest novel, For The Win. I’m a huge fan of his writing and have each of his books in hard cover, some even signed! One of the reasons…

A lot of people are familiar with ‘Parisian Love‘ the search story that Google used as it advertisement in the Super Bowl. This (embedded below) is my take on the theme. It involves things I can’t afford but I want…

I have been following along as secretlondon got their new website up and running. A whole bunch of motivated people got together and created a great website in just 48 hours. What they achieved was amazing, yet the most inspiring…

The iPhone is one of my all time favourite devices. It changed the way I could do things on the move that were previously unthinkable or; at the very least, difficult. I might even go as far as saying that…

I was quite pleased with the SimplePie mashup I had created for shanemarriott.com, unfortunately, I found a fatal flaw in the system. The flaw revolved around the reliance on RSS feeds for all the content. In principal, it worked well;…

I can honestly say that the last few weeks have been the busiest in my life. Due to this, I have been making regular posts to Twitter but not writing on the blog. As such, the homepage is now full…

That’s it – I have left NRG International! My Cotag has been scanned for the last time. Tuesday will be a whole new world!
I’ll miss NRGI because of the people I met there and the excellent time and new…

Apple builds a lot of products, all of which have a focus on offering a good user experience. Any Apple product works right out of the box and, in most cases, will be a pleasure to use. I have recently…

In just two weeks, the company I have been working at, for nearly eight years, will close its doors for eternity. NRG International is being integrated with two of its sisters and will be based in Holland, not here in…

Leo Babauta and Eric Hamm have put together this DRM free e-book. It is a resource that helps people reach their goals and keep motivated whilst working at it.
It’s chock full of great advice covering everything from motivation itself…