Launchy

Anto recommends Launchy, an open source launcher for Windows – it is a little like bits of Quicksilver for the Mac. Nice.

Likert scale

Just a reminder that the five-seven-nine point questionnaire how-strongly-do-you-agree scale is called a Likert scale. And that Jakob says you should use it with radio buttons, and short questionnaires.

Address converter

Nice program (Address Magic Personal), probably worth having, to convert, e.g. between outlook and LDIF.

Rushford

Back from a lovely weekend of multiple barbecues at Amanda Flood’s (amazing) new place in Norfolk and my own back garden. Schweet.

Wettzlegion and funny small world

So a note by Jonny with a sensible question (which I paraphrase as “why don’t we celebrate people who make a lot of money after having done socially aware work, as well as the other way round”) leads me to a site, Careershifters, which I am fairly...

Dom and lil Dubya

Dom has a meeting with Neil Bush, Dubya’s “embarrasing” brother. More reports when we have them.

Network recruitment

We use friends and family to recruit staff as often as possible–it certainly keeps costs down for a small company. We’re not quite YouTube, yet.

Flip charts

How to make the most of flip charts. We do a lot of this, especially post-it notes on a larger piece of paper (often called “brown paper” in consulting circles).