Tag: communications

#TimOnLoan: borrow me for a week for FREE (worth £3000)

15 March 2017

Are you drowning in emails? Trying to get some things done whilst juggling a bunch of other things? Perhaps I can help? I want to lend out my skills to organisations in Manchester for free: Is this you? You know decision makers need your product or service but it sometimes feels like they speak ‘different language’ […]

This One Time I Screwed up (or Sorry I Was a Dick)

29 March 2015

I don't think there's enough analysis and sharing of non-technical mistakes for others to learn from (see a dramatic hiking trip postmortem). It must have been a year or so ago now, I was sponsoring and exhibiting at a conference. Also exhibiting were a company I'll call FooCorp from an industry that I have a strong distaste […]

The problem with April Fools day…

1 April 2014

The problem with April Fools day is a problem also associated with Christmas, and other days. I love a good joke, but lots of corporate April fools jokes miss the point. In the same way that Christmas shouldn't be the only time you're generous to your family, April 1st shouldn't be the only day of […]

Try not to be amazed, confused and maybe a bit tearful, when you read my plans for 2014

24 January 2014

My first plan for 2014 is not to use upworthy-style headlines to drive people to my blog again, but since you're here, why not take a glance? Over the past few years, I've tried to make plans for the upcoming year. Read over some of my plans for the coming year from 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 – all guaranteed to make me […]

"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette

22 November 2012

Being a techie isn't always easy. The technology, yeah, that's easy, but the social implications can sometimes be tough. I recently got a rather flashy camera and, seeing it round my neck, a guy at an event asked, "Can I ask you something about cameras?" It was, of course, a rhetorical question – there was […]

The Art of Deception :: Talking net security at Blue Light Camp

20 May 2012

I recently came across this this photo – some of the things that I took on holiday with me back in 2006: I was struck by one of the most recognisable items in the picture – The Art of Intrusion by Kevin Mitnick. The book is an interesting mix of Kevin Mitnick – a notorious […]