Archive for February, 2010

Back from Webstock 2010

If the web industry in the USA is anything to go by, there doesn’t seem be a recession. Of the dozen or more speakers from Silicon Valley at Webstock conference not a single one mentioned anything to do with an apparent economic downturn. Job losses? Shrinking incomes? Not in start-up land. Indeed we heard about [...]

Blog idol 2 entry

David Rawlings was so absorbed in his playing I could have sworn his hands fused with his guitar. I couldn’t really tell. I was sitting 23 rows back from the stage at the Paramount Theatre when he played back-up man to Gillian Welch. The concert, in October 2004, was memorable not only for Rawlings’ playing [...]

Looking for plums on K Road

When I’m facilitating a meeting or workshop I like to have something on the table for people to munch on, gaze at wistfully or even turn over in their hands. A small offering helps pass the time during any dull bits and it makes people feel valued as you’ve gone to some effort to think [...]

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