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2010 was a great year for me, loaded with fulfilment, adventure and a surprising degree of success. By contrast, 2011 has been a grind. It hasn’t been a bad year; though at times life and work have been hard to manage. Of course, that’s partly self-inflicted; changing country while taking on a lot of work [...] Read full article
I woke up today in Adelaide. Next Monday I’ll wake up in Oaxaca, Mexico. The following Monday I’ll be in Miami and the Monday after that, I’ll be back home in Singapore. Four Mondays, four different cities, in four different countries. With a schedule like that it’s kind of easy to say “I Love Mondays!” [...] Read full article
I can clearly remember the first time I used an Apple Computer. My High School only owned one computer and although I don’t recall how our maths department came into possession of an Apple IIc (bolted into an ergonomically unfriendly cart on wheels), I do recall the thrill of using that computer and I’m thankful [...] Read full article
Speculating about potential Apple products is always a hazardous affair. Apple are known for being innovative, secretive and unpredictable. But, I’ve got a hunch (and it’s no more than that) that we will see some significant changes to the top end of the desktop range and, possibly, the end of the Mac Pro. Ever since [...] Read full article
We live in an extraordinary era, with the economics of communication totally changing. What do I mean by that? Well, when I was young, we would tune into television or radio and hope to hear people that were interesting (to us), talking about things that were relevant (to us). It was a pretty inefficient process, [...] Read full article
If you had told me, ten years ago, that I would now be sitting in my home office printing documents wirelessly from my notebook computer, while using a mobile phone to control music playing in my living room that is stored on a computer in yet another room, all communicating on a wireless network – [...] Read full article
A few months back I mentioned Corwin Hiebert in a blogpost about Generous Marketing. I’m a fan of Corwin’s work and was excited to see him releasing a Read full article
There is, in my view, no cliche more asinine and unkind than when someone replies to a criticism, of a place or culture, by saying, “…if you don’t like it, just leave.” If only life was so simple. For anyone with commitments, a career, or a family, the option to “just leave” is not straightforward. [...] Read full article
500px is a community based, photo sharing website; much like Flickr. In fact, there’s a growing chorus of articles comparing the two sites and suggesting that 500px might just be a better service for serious photographers. Here is a sampling of recent opinions, Move Over Flickr — Hot Shots Love 500px 500px is not Flickr [...] Read full article
Over the past few weeks I’ve had a few people ask me about my approach to Twitter. I’m loathe to write anything too concrete on the subject because a) I’m neither an expert on the subject, b) I’m not really “successful” on Twitter. Moreover, there is a whole body of “how to use Twitter” literature [...] Read full article