Tim Dobson
Thinker, Blogger, Hacker, Hiker.
Show Gratitude
30 July 2014
This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge "Show Gratitude" This value is distinct, and yet very complimentary to yesterday's value. It took me until my late teens to realise many of the things I am grateful for, when after a series of turbulent times, the stars aligned for a moment, […]
Always Choose Positivity and Happiness
30 July 2014
This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge "Always Choose Positivity and Happiness" I once watched a film on television. I didn't know it at the time, but it had quite an effect on me, until today, I'd always attributed it to other films. The film was the Pollyanna – the […]
Do the right thing
28 July 2014
This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge "Do the right thing" This is quite a difficult value to blog about, because if you try to do the right thing, it's possible you might not even know you're doing it. I guess the point to give you confidence that specifically […]
Create Fun and A Little Weirdness
27 July 2014
This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge "Create Fun and A Little Weirdness"? This is an unusual value, but I like it a lot. It kind of has the effect of celebrating diversity and, in an organisational context, highlights that it's an organisation of real people. One of the […]
Be Passionate and Determined
26 July 2014
This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge Be Passionate and Determined? I can think of three things that embody this: Scouting access for an unclimbed Mountain in Kyrgzystan: Undocumented location, undocumented transport logistics, undocumented passport logistics, undocumented human logistics (who? language? make friends with them?) With only 10 days to […]
My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge
25 July 2014
Two companies whom I feel have very positive company cultures are Zappos and Buffer. Because these organisations go out of their way to embody a high purpose, I've a feel a great deal of respect and awe towards these them. The thing is, the values all seem relatively familiar, and I'm interested to see how […]
Q2 Review of my plans for 2014
24 July 2014
In January, I put together a list of things I wanted to get done in 2014, this is my second review of how I'm doing. As I mentioned in my Q1 review back in April, it's one thing to write down plans for the year, and another thing to review them at the end. But […]
How not to cold call people! (Recording)
22 July 2014
Earlier today, I took an interesting call to my 0800 number from an Irish number: I should note, that I've never: Used New Relic Intentionally provided New Relic with my details Conversed with any of their reps before Hidden my 0800 number Clearly, what's gone on here is that: they've sifted through the internet they've […]
YCombinator? I'll do it
21 July 2014
One day last November, I was sitting in the student cafeteria, at Stanford University in California with Josh catching up with Paul, an old friend of mine who was studying there. We'd had just ordered a coffee from Starbucks, naively answering telling the barista, "yes, we would like cream", so now we were eyeing up […]
Understanding Julian Huppert MP's support of Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
Understanding Julian Huppert MP's support of Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
11 July 2014
Of all the things I might say about Julian Huppert MP, stupid is not one of them – he's consistently informed, reasoned and principled. Pretty good qualities of an MP, as I think you'd agree. This makes his support of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill… surprising. It seems to be a broadly unpopular […]
DRIP drip… a legislative stitch up: My letter to Lucy Powell MP
DRIP drip… a legislative stitch up: My letter to Lucy Powell MP
11 July 2014
Hi Lucy, Thanks for your recent replies on Twitter. I really do appreciate your agility in responding – it does help to get an almost immediate link to you. Thanks also for keeping me updated about the situation in several committees. I'm concerned about the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Bill that's being rushed […]
A Blue Ocean business plan for you: The Carrot Soup Company
7 July 2014
I've been reading Blue Ocean Strategy over the past week. I'll write up my thoughts on the book in due course – I've not quite finished it yet. Clara & I were throwing around the main premise of the book – about how to create Blue Ocean markets – and break away from the existing […]