With three weeks to go until our first deadline work is progressing well. The branding work is coming along really nicely and I’m heads down working through and scoping out the products.
Many of us who work in office jobs in front of a screen rather than with people have this urge to do good. To make a difference and to leave a mark.
Contrary to last week that saw little progress this week has been full of it starting out with deciding on a name and then this weekend making real progress with the research and sketching out the ideas
Touch gestures can make things better, not just different. That’s an important distinction. – Josh Clark, the author of Tapworthy in Luke W’s write up of Josh’s Busting Mobile Myths presentation Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/coyote-agile/1578404172
The other day I read an article on Inc. asking if the dream of having a happy family life whilst at the same time running a successful startup is possible. To me the answer to that is ‘Yes’.
Actually, to be good at business you have to just realise that everyone else is scared too, and the only difference between those that succeed and those that don’t is that the successful think ‘I’m scared, but sod it, I’ll give it a go anyway.’ Richard Reed, Co-founder innocent drinks
It’s Friday night and I’ve hardly left the house. A carpet fitting had me house bound for the day and my soar throat means it’s a quite one for me tonight. As for the rest of the weekend it’s all about prepping, rest and drinking tea.
Last week I was invited to speak at the Polish IA Summit together with some great speakers and I happily accepted.
Sometimes you have to jump in feet first without knowing where or what you’re going to land on. The only thing you know is that one way or another you will land. It doesn’t mean however, that you jump in blind.
Every now and then you meet people that you immediately connect with. Despite not actually knowing them that well there is a little green light that goes off saying “He/she is a good one”.
Setting clear expectations is one of the most important things you can do. Whether it’s in a work related situation or your personal life and whether you’re the one setting them or responding to expectations that has been put on you, making sure that they are shared, mutually understood and
I’ve just come back from meeting Yellow and I’m pleased to say that we now have a name.
This has been one of those weeks with less tangible progress and less time than normal to do actual work. It’s also been the first where unforeseen events have put a blocker in our plans.
Today we celebrated my mum’s 65th birthday with 30 close friends and family. In less than 10 days I will have lived in the UK for 6 years. Before that I lived in Copenhagen for almost just as long.
Inspiration can come in the strangest of places and what’s inspiring to some is not for others. For me it’s not so much a particular place but more a surrounding of visual stimulus, lots of light, people who are in a positive state of mind and having flexibility.
There are holidays or trips where you know you will have a bit of downtime so writing a post or two will be ok and quite nice. Then there are those where you know you won’t. My trips back home fall under the latter.
It’s been a month since I started documenting this journey and a month since I officially committed to making my ideas happen. Since then Yellow has come on board and we got a clear focus.