Posts Tagged: Internet

I was intrigued by the FUEL Conference when it was announced, as it seemed to span personal and professional interests – looking at both the power of community and the power of cloud computing and how companies can use both to fuel their business. FUEL took place last Friday and was one of the best,… Continue Reading ›

I’ve just read Seth Godin’s latest post, The New Standard for Meetings and Conferences, about 21st-century knowledge work, in which Seth says If you’re a knowledge worker, your boss shouldn’t make you come to the (expensive) office every day unless there’s something there that makes it worth your trip. She needs to provide you with… Continue Reading ›

A tweet from Ryan Carson yesterday led me to Howies about page; a page which Ryan described as “inspiring,” and I can see why. There are two sections of Howies our beliefs page that I think are fantastic: The rocking chair test Every product we make has passed the ‘rocking chair test’. This is something we… Continue Reading ›

File Under: Treat Your Staff Like Adults and See What Happens I’m attending the Carsonified Future of Web Design conference later this week, so I popped over to their lovely website to check some details and noticed “We’re hiring!” on the homepage and thought I’d have a look. I knew that Carsonified has a four-day… Continue Reading ›

I was amazed to see this item over at Boing Boing just now. Virgin Media, a UK ISP, has a new CEO, Neil Berkett, who, in an interview with the Royal Television Society’s Television magazine, attacked net neutrality and went as far as to state “this net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks” and… Continue Reading ›

I’ve just started reading The Art of the Start – the time-tested, battle-hardened guide for anyone starting anything – by Guy Kawasaki. I’m only a few chapters in, but it’s a great book. I was particularly struck by the first few paragraphs of the Introduction or “Read Me First”: There are many ways to describe… Continue Reading ›