Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart. Achebe’s novel explores the social and pyschological impact of change on a society and an individual. It can be read in many ways. The change, in the novel, is to a traditional African village infiltrated by western … Read More
Posted on 13/02/12
Cloud Storage
Post inspired by a query via Twitter. More and more people are starting to backup or store their data online believing it more secure. But is it really? Probably. But do you understand all the risks? You are probably aware … Read More
Posted on 09/02/12
2012: Armageddon – Cookies and Compliance with ePrivacy Directive
The year is 2012 and some believe that this is the year that the world will end – doom sayers point to the fact that this was predicted thousands of years ago by the Mayans. Undoubtedly this will be a … Read More
Posted on 06/02/12
Transparency a Poor Proxy
Calls for greater transparency are ten a penny these days, and on the face of it hard to argue with. Who wouldn’t want greater transparency? Whilst I think it will help, I’m not convinced that it is really more than … Read More
Posted on 02/02/12
The Message is the Meaning
Something I’ve been reading about recently is language; how we use, what is means, what it does to our brains. One concept which took a while to grasp was ‘the message is the meaning’, not the content of the message, … Read More
Posted on 26/01/12
Apple obsession
The current obsession with Apple has now gone too far. It’s difficult to get through the day without a spurious link between financial services and Apple or Steve Jobs.It’s typically product manufacturers who are most guilty and for whom the … Read More
Posted on 25/01/12
Evolution and Frankenstein’s Monster
Evolution is probably the most mis-used word in financial services right now. Possibly in Britain. Maybe the world. Evolution is not intended. You can’t decide to evolve. Evolution happens where environmental change benefits those organisms capable of adapting and thriving … Read More
Posted on 23/01/12
Postmodern website
Soon we will launch our new website, I’ve been working on it this week, and wanted to give you an idea of what I want to achieve. I want to build a postmodern website. It will be too clever to … Read More
Posted on 20/01/12
Picking Your Moment
Anyone who’s built and run a business for any length of time might recognise this. When you start out, you do everything. Marketing, selling, accounts, the actual work your being paid for of course. Everything. Then you take on more … Read More
Posted on 17/01/12
Mind Your Language
In this blog I’m going to talk about language and how it can be used to resolve problems rather than cause them. It’s a subject which is often dressed up in psychobabble by pop psychologists and business gurus, so forgive … Read More
Posted on 05/12/11