A few more pictures of Arnside
I came across this wood within a few minutes of leaving the cottage we were staying in
Steve's Seaside Life Blog
A new favorite place
I feel as though I have lived most of my life by the sea, and when I haven’t I have still been walking in the woods or the hills, so my favourite places always have great views. Up until now though my favourite place to visit has been Filey in...
A strange weeks holiday
This week was meant to provide me with a well earned rest, we planned to go to Arnside (South Lakes) for 4 nights, what actually happened: Thursday : Tessa gets virus infection, fever, sickness and diarrhea Friday : Stephie gets the same infection Saturday : Stephie and Tessa still ill Sunday :...
Solving problems the right way
I have been increasingly concerned over how we bring companies and their employees closer together in terms of the relative priorities that each places on their IT needs, for background check out this post and this one. My fist steps towards solving this was to encourage companies to think in...
Solving problems the wrong way
In a previous post I described the fact that for many people you can describe their IT needs in terms of 4 layers, this is important because it means that if you try to provide a new IT system that meets a need in layer 4, when the persons needs in layers...
Great service!
In preparation for the imminent arrival of my I-mate sp5 I have been sorting out my software. One of my key tools is E-Wallet which I have used for years to store all manner of information from health insurance details to software licence keys. As a result I have licences...
Swimtastic
A few weeks ago Jenny won one of the main prizes at the Swimtastic awards which are run by the ASA. She had a wonderful time meeting the Olympic swimming team and got to swim with them which amazed her (they are a lot faster than me!) and got lots...
Personal priorities
For the last few months I have been considering individual motivations which is pretty tricky as people are motivated by many different things, however I have made an attempt to develop a simple model that does seem to reflect the IT related motivations I see in many people. The diagram...
The spectrum of participation
I just came across a great essay by Ross Mayfield on the Power Law of Participation. Ross provides an excellent way to visualise the different thresholds for participation and this is really important because it talks to the fact that people don’t have the time and energy to do everything,...
Feedback on FeedDemon 2
I really like FeedDemon, but I have noticed a few niggles that are worth feeding back, so here goes: I need nested folders, I know there is some debate about this but here is my logic. I have sets of folders with different characteristics. For example I might have: A...