Yesterday I read (BBC News Article) that the UK Government is announcing a ‘great’ new program to get everyone back on the housing ladder again. This includes: Mortgages of up to 95% of the value of new homes to be offered with government underwriting part of the risk £400m public fund to help developers “unblock”…
I’ve spent the last couple of days reading a lot about Steve Jobs since he passed away. For someone I’ve never met I do feel sad about losing him, I wish I’d ‘made it sooner so I could rub shoulders with him in the same circles and got to know him personally to see what…
I still remember where I was 10 years ago today. I was working as an intern at Tandberg TV for one year, and as usual just browsing the internet bored (I was never born to be a test engineer!) when I noticed the desks around me had emptied and the office was all quiet. I…
I finally sat down this weekend to do a full revamp of my website in preparation for some serious blogging! It only took a couple of days and it was my first chance to really get to know Drupal 7. The issue with Drupal is that is that it is quite technical, and out of…
It’s been a very long time since I last wrote a blog, and I’ve got loads of thoughts and advice on start-ups to share after 3 years of SambaStream. A few of my start-up friends are encouraging me to share them, however I couldn’t possibly start blogging again without posting a short update on where…
I’m currently in San Fransisco stopping for a few days to meet with a bunch of companies ahead of my talk next week at Alfresco DevCon in San Diego. It’s great to be back and I’ve been meeting with loads of smart start-ups, entrepreneurs and companies that we may use or partner with for our…
Last night I was talking with my business partner from SambaStream, Ale, about start-up communities. He went to a big start-up event in Rio (Brazil) for his new start-up Kioos and was complaining about all the ‘chaff’ there with a lot of wannabe entrepreneurs who really had little value to add to the community in…
I finally got around to sending out the final email to all our users announcing we will be closing down SambaJAM on October 8th. It doesn’t feel as sad today, the saddest day was when our last paying customer did their final migration off SambaJAM to a new system a few days ago, which is…
I never appreciated how much the media exaggerates things until the past few months. First it was the protests in Syria, immediately from the get go it was displayed as though a civil war was going on, with mass killings, and world leaders were condemning Assad for human rights violations. So I was immediately concerned…
After procrastinating on a phone upgrade for the past few months, I finally took the time to put together a list of all the “deals” out there for the new iPhone 4 and decide if it was worth staying with O2. Part of the reason it took so long was because I was seriously considering…