Category Archives: Rants
Bruce Willis and Leaving Digital Assets Behind
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I’ve been talking today about the inability to leave certain digital assets in a will. Electronic books were the starting point, as I had originally assumed that the main issue was an inability to move one account e.g. books on … Read More
Posted on 15/11/12
Lord of the Blogs
You know how some people go nuts when they’re in a car? There’s something about the protective casing of a vehicle which gives a diminutive, balding, middle aged business man the confidence to scream abuse and make gestures of violence … Read More
Posted on 28/05/12
Two Business Models: Godfather II and Superman III
I spend a fair bit of time explaining how our business works. It isn’t very complicated. It’s different from others and for that reason people assume it’s sophisticated. I thought I would summarise how most businesses in financial services work. … Read More
Posted on 12/05/12
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
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
Phrases I Hate: Work Life Balance
I’ve always disliked the phrase ‘work-life balance’. Whenever I hear anyone use I immediately look for the nearest exit. It has always been an instinctive reaction, borne, I assumed, from a hatred of trite phrases and pointlessly evasive corporate-speak. Staring … Read More
Posted on 05/10/11