Posted in Articles on June 11, 2015
Some people dread reaching middle age. I know I used to, but now I'm there or thereabouts, I'm loving it. I love that I sort of know who I am and how I tick. I love that I know that where I am is
Posted in Featured, PKM and Productivity on June 5, 2015
My vanilla template. [Download XLSX] As we all know there is only so much time in one day. We can use various productivity methodologies to define & track what we need to get done in any given
Posted in Articles on May 29, 2015
I've not talked about this subject previously as I didn't want be seen to be a health bore and it felt quite self-indulgent. But inspired by some recent blog posts I've read, I thought I'd briefly
Posted in Articles, Featured on May 21, 2015
You know that stock job interview question where you’re asked to specify a weakness and you flip it to become a strength? Well, if you're like me then the next time you have a job interview (which for
Posted in Adventures and Courses, Featured on May 16, 2015
I recently came back from my second canoeing expedition in the highlands of Scotland. The first trip was fantastic but felt too short so we vowed to come back again but do it for longer. Fast forward
Posted in Articles on December 28, 2014
Truth be told I'm really glad to be seeing the back of 2014; let's just say it has been a challenging year. I appear to have gotten through it mostly intact, though, and I am looking forward to 2015
Posted in Articles on November 1, 2014
Two blog posts in one week, unheard of. That's what you get when you cram two high-octane conferences into one week: MicroConf Europe in Prague Sunday to Tuesday and then The Web Is in
Posted in Articles on October 30, 2014
TL;DR I’d much rather be in the woods than sitting in front a of a screen all day. I’ve realised this now and will start doing more of it again. Feel free to join me. I’m writing this post from my
Posted in Articles, Featured on October 19, 2014
I had an epiphany this week. In fact it's been a month or two of epiphanies but this one was particularly important. Embarassingly it's one of those 'No Shit Sherlock' realisations, the ones we all
Posted in Articles on October 11, 2014
Recently Justin Jackson wrote a great post entitled Do things that scare you which really resonated with me. It uses a metaphor of someone dropping off the wall of a half-pipe on a skateboard: It’s