But only in the USA…. I’ve long regretted that some cafes that I frequent don’t offer wifi….I’d go there a whole load more often and stay longer if this were more freely available.  Starbucks make you pay £5 for an hour’s surfing with T-Mobile.  I once paid it because we needed the connection for a [...]








If you are selling enterprise software, here’s a book that you have to read.  My book review is here on Amazon UK I have been speaking to Mike Barlow, the author and helping him promote the book over here in Europe.  Here’s part of an interview he gave to the SAS Institute blogs page Information [...]








Reading last week’s Marketing magazine…. p 17. Preview of a Haymarket conference “B2B Marketing Success” ends with the quote from Joe Thomas “Marketers must ensure that their product offering is relevant to the target audience, but would also do well to remember the power of creativity – B2B marketing doesn’t have to be boring.” FFS. [...]








We all have the odd client who could loosely be described as ‘difficult’. In fact sometimes you find your life gets dominated by a client whose behaviours are inappropriate, demanding and just make it a bad time to work with them. I call people like this ‘energy-takers’. In any relationship you should find that there [...]








It isn’t often that my hobby (rowing) and my work coincide and intercept…. but tonight on Radio 4 8.30 pm this is on… should be good listening Team Spirit is a programme on BBC Radio 4 tonight 8.30 – 9 pm (repeated Sunday 9.30 -= 10 pm) At a time when business is conducted globally [...]








Forums seem to be working OK.  52, 82 and 85 views on three discussion boards….. one order so far.








Had a great tour around Think Public’s fantastic studio offices this morning. Dig this for style! Deborah Szebeko, MD of Thinkpublic – We help people make things better. and the lovely notice on the stairs on the way up……! PS oh, I forgot, they took a polaroid of me to put on the back of [...]








I got rather excited that the canny Daily Telegraph had signed up Sir Martin to blog for them from Davos. I thought we would get some real deep insight to get our teeth into… Best so far is My random poll indicates about two thirds concerned about the inadequacy of FED and US government action. [...]








My family is partly Dutch and today I have been reading the family society magazine, MishpaGazette. A fascinating article about Struikelstennen (stumble stones). These are the product of a German artist Gunter Demnig who make brass plated cobblestones and lays them in the road or pavement outside the houses from which Jews were deported in [...]