When I left school I went to work for a small IT company called Software Catalogue (that became Softcat) which basically sold IT equipment and software licences to businesses. Nothing too different…
We have been here before
Over the past few weeks I have been attending a number of seminars focusing on the future of fibre for the UK and how as a country we are going to meet…
Some politicians do care
I was fortunate to attend a fundraising dinner in London recently for the MP for Plymouth, Johnny Mercer in London. Held at a private members club it was an opportunity for Jonny…
Create memories
As someone who regularly thinks about death, not in a morbid way just always have, I tend to think about what I would remember on my death bed. It has helped me…
Bye bye Facebook
For about 11 years I have been a user of Facebook. Originally as the natural successor to Friends Reunited I got interested when they started to relax registrations from just university students.…
Dogs in the Office
When we moved our offices one of the prerequisites for me was to ensure wherever we ended up we would be allowed dogs in the office. While I hadn’t had my dog…
A better use of hybrid
I have owned by Golf GTE now for over a year and while I am still very impressed with electric technology, I am not as enamoured by hybrids and the combination of…
You make your own luck
A very good friend of mine, Jimmy, was diagnosed a year ago with bone cancer in his ankle shortly after attending my wedding and after a year of cemo, amputation and the…
Do not underestimate the value of resilience
With BT currently suffering a lot of negative publicity in the last two days with two major outages caused by power issues in two London datacentres, it is a timely reminder that…
Does democracy matter?
With the EU referendum in the final throws and the likes of Trump or Clinton running for US presidency I am reminded that, while we think we live in a democracy, the…
What about the Commonwealth?
When I returned from my honeymoon last year to Australia I was dumbfounded by the number of references to the Commonwealth and Britain in newspapers and on TV. I don’t think I…
Robots will take over the world
There has been a lot of talk recently on the march of the machines and the imminent demise of jobs across the world as computers and the Internet become more intelligent and…
Tiger Mothers
With a new small person joining our family in the very near future, my wife and I have been discussing our planned parenting style and how we want to inspire and nurture…
Back to the floor
One of my favourite programs was ‘Back to the Floor’ where owners and high level executives went back to the grass roots of their business to work with staff and customers to…
Robots will take over the world
An interesting debate that is raging at the moment is that robots will not only take over the world, but also take our jobs. The latter point seems to have touched a…