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Meditations on thirty

On Thursday my speedometer clocked over from 29 to 30. I feel as though part of my generation and of that just before it is bound always to push milestone decades back one year, so that 40 is the new 30, 50 is the new 40, and so on, because

Where we're going, we don't need roads

So after a year in the wilderness, having fun and making mistakes, I'm returning to Substrakt, frankly the best digital agency I've ever worked with. Contrary to what some might think, this isn't a step backwards or some tacit admission of failure. It was

The joy of touch, and how Apple are killing it

I like to touch things. A few years back I bought a DAB and Internet radio because I wanted a physical piece of kit that had buttons, and wasn't controlled by my increasingly-ubiquitous (then) PC. I enjoyed driving a radio studio that used CD players because of the

NBT007: Nymbol

If you were at last month's Tech Wednesday you'll have seen this already, but if not: this is what all my "Next Big Thing" posts have been leading up to. Nymbol is a content management system for the physical world. As our signup page

Lessons learned from the death of a digital startup

It'll have escaped the attention of just about everyone that Meegloo is no longer available. I pulled the site down a few weeks ago to save money for my Next Big Thing, and the distinct lack of reaction - from anyone - goes some way to explaining why

NBT006: Partnerships

In late February I mentioned I was looking for a CEO. I knew that my Next Big Thing couldn't be attempted on my own, and would need a business brain who could present well and whom I could trust. I'm delighted to say that I'

I used to be on the radio

A long time ago I used to present a weekly show on the now defunct Rhubarb Radio, with my chum - and the goodest of eggs - Michael Grimes. It was a show called the Sunday Social, and I had a blast doing it. A few weeks after I left

I’m looking for a CEO

As things progress with Meegloo and my Next Big Thing, I think it's time I started thinking about bringing a CEO on board. I'm probably an OK Chief Technical Officer - I definitely have the ideas, as my last 2-day project can attest - but while

What is Meegloo anyway?

I realise that there are still plenty of people to whom I've mentioned Meegloo (on Twitter or Facebook and in the so-called real world) that don't know what it is. That's hardly a crime; I don't know if I've ever

NBT005: Secrecy

I like talking. This is not news to anyone who knows me. I like to talk about myself, what I'm up to, funny things that happened to me on the way to the other thing… I also love talking about other people, and listening. I'm not