At home & on-the-road ‘must have’ tools
24 November 2008Here’s my top 10 things (that’s a technical term) that have made my life easier as a self-employed facilitator working from home: Skype Enables an easy (and a cheap) way to talk with people anywhere in the world, from anywhere I happen to be. Great for conference calls too. iStockphoto Fantastic high-quality and inexpensive photos…
A few ‘end of week’ links
31 October 2008Luke Weaver has written a nice paper (easy to read too) that explains the phenomenon Twitter. Read, then sign on and see for yourself what it’s all about. I love this return post by Hugh MacLeod on blogging – good to laugh at ourselves. Nick Smith has a nice post about our gifts to share.…
In a blogging frame of mind
30 October 2008So I’m sitting here in my home office. The windows, which need yet another clean because there was a dust storm while I was away, and because of the salt that accumulates from the winds that blow off the ocean, look out over our native garden. That’s not a garden full of natives (as in…
Opportunity
10 October 2008I suppose it probably was not a good year to start a new business. At least it’s on the back of an existing business, so it’s not all bad news. The cancellation of work, slow times with little work rolling in, a bit of extravagant spending last year, commitments to travel to China and the…
I love this time of year
24 September 2008We’re coming out of winter. The days are getting longer (bring on daylight saving) and it’s often sunny and warm. For a few minutes, anyway. It can also still be quite cold, windy, wet and stormy. The birds are building nests and the blue wrens are in the full breeding colours. And many of the…
Getting out of the way
28 August 2008I’ve been on holidays – still am for a few more days, although I’m at home now, enjoying the fantastic environment in which I live and trying to ignore the phone, unopened mail and all the work I ‘should’ be doing. And trying to get over jet lag. Yesterday, it was a great pleasure to…
What is work?
3 July 2008Watching Red Dwarf videos, going for a walk, skyping friends, downloading podcasts, answering the phone, hanging up on scammers, reading old essays, cooking dinner, searching for mountain biking videos, collecting the mail, drinking Moroccan mint green tea, using Twitter, recording a podcast, writing a blog post, reading other blogs, checking out flickr pics, reading the…
About collaborating, some musings and some thanks
26 June 2008Warning: The following is a bit of a ramble through my mind, a jumble of thoughts. So beware of a lack of coherence. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! It’s also inspired by that business marker, the end of the financial year, when next Tuesday everything goes back to zero. I’ve been having some interesting…
A new addition to Chemistry’s Periodic Table
13 January 2008This little gem came to me via email this week. Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neuron, 25 assistant neurons, 88 deputy neurons, and 198 assistant deputy neurons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held…
Just because…
27 December 2007It’s the silly season, right? So check this out. Make sure you watch to the end.