I arrived on Thursday afternoon to a very warm 27 degrees in San Francisco. The United flight from London to here went smoothly for the most parts, interspersed with a few shocking bumps now and then. I had an aisle seat on the exit row, so lots of […]
Oscar does a great job of pulling together recent research on the “paperless office” (yeah right): “Our production and consumption of paper is destructive to both our environment and humanity. Yet, alongside with the digitization of information we continue to produce and consume more and more paper. The […]
Josh, the co-author of Groundswell, shares his thinking about being asked to give a speech, and what works and doesn’t work: “I spend 80% of my time now writing books and giving speeches. As you can imagine, I get a lot of speaking requests. Usually, the prep and […]
Craig at Time Management Ninja asks where are you your most productive? “Today, I want to ask, “Where do you get things done?” Not when. Not how. But, where? Often we talk about being, “In the zone.” I want to know where your zone is located. Where are […]
Christchurch people have added a new phrase to their future planning – “earthquake dependent.” As in, – “We will meet on Tuesday to discuss this further, earthquake dependent.” – “Let’s have coffee tomorrow afternoon, earthquake dependent.” The horrific earthquake of last week has changed Christchurch forever, and it’s […]
I rely on the Evernote service every day for many things – tracking conversations, tracking interviews, recording license keys for software, carrying travel details on my iPad. It’s a great service … I can’t live without it. The news of the day is that Evernote updated its iPhone […]
Tobii Technology unveiled a new laptop with integrated eye-control: “The prototype laptop has been developed in collaboration with computer manufacturer Lenovo and will be shown publicly for the first time at CeBIT in Hannover, March 1-5. Lenovo, the world’s fourth largest manufacturer of personal computers, has built the […]
At 12.51pm a week ago, Christchurch changed forever – the 6.3 magnitude earthquake ripped apart our city and killed hundreds. Today, the nation stopped for 2 minutes of silence. We remember those that lost their lives in the earthquake – them, their love, their hopes and dreams, their […]
I met with my accountant earlier today – the New Zealand government is changing a few things in the area of company law, so I had to discuss what’s going to happen to my company. After that was sorted, I met the senior partner, and he was quite […]
Daniel, my fourth son, purchased six fertile eggs a few weeks back. Thanks to a broody hen, two of them hatched, and thanks to quick thinking by my wife Katrina, two more were saved. “We warmed [the eggs] with hot water bottles and two began to peep again! […]
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