In my prime

Well almost, if you can believe the science, my brain is almost at its peak operational level. Doesn’t feel like it.

Big picture – Shibam

I didn’t know Shibam existed; shocking scenes now it has been subject to flooding. I hope they choose to rebuild it (as they did Budva and Kotor in Montenegro after an earthquake).

Thoughts for start ups

Some good ammo / info for start ups from Saul. For example, some serious companies started during recessions and the relentless focus on customers buying product to get to break even.

What’s in a recession

Lies, damn lies, etc. You can have many different definitions of recession, and they don’t all tell the same story.

Can paid events survive?

Interesting question – what will be possible in the age of LinkedIn? Do people really value the conference call conferences that people advertise?

Can government spend and save?

In the light of reports like this on Ministry of Justice requirements for savings, and the Operational Efficiency Programme, can government manage to make savings while attempting to spend its way out of recession. This has to be a really hard ask to to avoid...

Digital Inclusion consultation

It didn’t cause much of a stir, and I guess there are plenty of reasons for that, but I’m glad to see that the Digital Inclusion consultation we helped support is out in the market. There will be a Digital Champion – I wonder how well any of the...

Bullingdon acquaintances

Funny to see four faces I knew (mostly from Balliol) in the picture of the Bullingdon Club released alongside the Osborne / Mandelson / Rothschild brouhaha.