My first websites

Way back when in 1997, I had been creating websites. I had been doing it for a while before then, but then it was all about just creating stuff at home and having fun. So, I teamed up with my good friend Nick to build some websites that would see the light of day.
Anyway, I [...]

Get the 80s snacks back here

For too long we have had mediocre snacks from the 1990s and 2000s. Everyone will be aware by now that Wispa is back. Lovely!
However, nothing quite prepared me this very lunch time, as I popped out with friend and old time colleague Mr. Clive Murray for the weekly Subway, for the discovery we made.
We headed [...]

Give me fruit, fruit & meat

I love startups, I really bl**dy do! Well, when they are exciting. I take the same view as Stefan Fountain that startups should be useful, fun to use at first, then they just get integrated into your life, they become something you just use. Some aren’t that useful and just fun, but hey, it generally [...]

Stars, geeky stars!

Many years back, I used to work at a very small agency (2 of us), it was a subset of a Hedge Fund thing, I think… something like that. Anyway, I read an article by one of the directors which was titled something like “Hedge Funds are the new rock ‘n roll”. It was mid-dotcom [...]

The Contacts Fiasco

I’ve just sorted a problem I have had for more than 10 years now. It took a while, but I think it is finally sorted.
What is this problem I speak of? Well, my contacts. I started using a mobile phone back in 1997. I had been using the internet for email and did have an [...]

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