Do you ever look back at past achievements and feel yourself swell with pride because, with hindsight, you now realise how well you and others did? This morning, poking around Flickr, I came across Tom’s photo of the schedule board at SocialMediaCamp London, which was back in October. We gathered 100 attendees, many of which [...]
A Handful of Tips for the Self-Employed
Tips for the self-employed have been done to death by every lifehack geek, GTD addict and smart living blogger, but everyone develops their own little system so I thought I’d share mine. Over the years, I’ve tried every GTD app under the sun, only to discover that the tool/software I used to get stuff done [...]
Blog Topic Challenge: International Boredom Day
Today, a certain friend of mine spotted a three year old entry on my blog named “International Boredom Day” and suggested I should write an update about it. While it’s not a written suggestion, it’s good enough for me today Indeed, tomorrow, we shall be celebrating 3 years since I pronounced January 9th International Boredom [...]
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