When I was fifteen I remember standing in my bedroom and looking at myself in the mirror deciding on what I was going to do with my life. At the age of…
3D has a future
While it has been sometime since we have seen a big leap in technology, such as the development of the personal computer, mobile phone or even mode of transport, I am amazed…
New Year, new car
Over the Christmas break I decided that it was time to chop in the Audi and get a bit more of a practical car. Having spent most of the week driving around…
AR Drone view of the office
I had some fun with my new AR Drone yesterday by recording a quick tour of the Fluidata office. As you can see it is a little bit tricky but I managed…
Bandwidth Bandits!
Christmas is always a time for New Year resolutions and this year is no different. This time however there has been a bit more organisation with thirteen of us in the office…
Butchery
The other week I was invited along to another one of Daylesford’s excellent cookery courses held at their headquarters in Kingham, Gloucestershire. This time it wasn’t so much about cooking and rather…
Credit where credit is due
If you have ever read any of my older posts you will know that I am the proud owner of an Audi and have many times sung it’s praises. When you own…
Olympics sell its soul
Has anyone noticed that some of the global Olympic sponsors are not the type of companies you would associate with a global sporting event? How can for example Coca-Cola or McDonalds, which…
Retain the standard to retain the customer
I have always been a big fan of our national carrier, but after a recent trip to Cyprus to visit some of my family I was pretty disappointed in the level of…
Shard continues to grow
Latest update from London Bridge shows The Shard steadily taking shape as workers work around the clock I assume to finish in time for the Olympics. I reckon they are probably at…
Augmented Reality
This week saw the very latest in drone technology make its way into the Fluidata offices, courtesy of our Sales Manager, Michael. The Parrot AR Drone can only be described as a…
Let’s hope the attention to detail stays
Sad news this morning on the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, who successfully brought the company back from obscurity and into the forefront of technology innovation. No small achievement, especially…
From Vision to Exit
I attended Guy Rigby’s book launch for ‘From Vision to Exit’ in the City recently. I’ve known Guy for a few years now in a professional capacity, so was intrigued to see…
A changed perspective
So last Friday saw me making my way to rural Somerset to collect my bank destroying, rib crushing, scary, horse like (read previous post!), and irrefutably handsome car. I was rather nervous…
Opex versus Capex
I had the opportunity to meet with a number of other business owners in the past few weeks and I was surprised at how many businesses are starting up renting a service…