In A Year…
I started this blog of ours a year ago today. Since then, well, awesome things have happened. A year ago I never thought I’d be running an event in Helsinki today, or meeting the incredible people I’ve got to meet, or spend a day consulting Finland on their Social Media strategy. But more so, I [...]
Like Minds Conversation Helsinki
The first International Like Minds event. Thursday 17th June, Helsinki. Streaming online.
I Love Trey Pennington
A year ago today I met Trey Pennington: 26th May 2009. We got talking on Twitter in early 2009, and when he was due to come over to England, we arranged to meet up. Trey actually did one better, and came down to Exeter for one of our first tweetups. For those of you who know [...]
Social Means Celebration – Not Hiding
I find the Social Media world can be a contradictory one at times. One of the virtues that is extolled in this social world that we talk about is valuing people for who they are, being relevant to them, and celebrating uniqueness. Yet I find that whenever I talk about how I am a follower [...]
Making Room For People
I, like many people, believed I knew everything when I was 16. And naturally, knowing everything meant that I needed no one, so meeting new people in my mind was a case of them getting on side with me because I was going places and they really needed to get involved. I certainly don’t think [...]
Hacking Yourself
If you know me at all, you’ll know I’m a man of fads. Example: once upon a time, I decided it would appear intellectual to read The Times, and for a period of a few weeks, I carried a copy of The Times with me wherever I went. I then decided to go one step [...]
Introducing Mrs. Gould
It’s hard to know where to start. If I started from the beginning, I wouldn’t finish. But if I don’t say how it began, then you won’t know just how precious she is. I guess I’ll start with the vital statistics. A praying woman. Blonde bombshell. A very insightful wife. A Youth worker and number-two [...]
Early Memories of Design Fascination
I remember being in my first year at school and seeing a group of boys build a boat using Lego. “Idiots” I thought, as they built columns of the ships hull one brick directly on top of another. “They should crisscross them like they do with houses”. Then the insult came: their boat was displayed [...]
