First of all I want to share this excellent book I picked up a few months ago in the airport on my way to India, “Smart Start-ups” by David Silver of the Angel capital firm Santa Fe Group. While the book is really about how the online communities we’ve seen such as MySpace and Facebook…
When I found this cartoon many years ago while bored in St. Charles training (at http://www.bigtimeconsulting.com) I kept it on my desktop for the day I would quit Accenture. Now after 3.5 years, today is my last day in Accenture, and to be honest I put the cartoon up not because I feel this was…
Today, one of my favorite authors, Arthur C. Clarke, passed away. The guy was a creative genius and inspired me to take an interest in space technology and the space industry. Famed for his book (later turned into a film) 2001, he wrote numerous books which I still keep on my bookshelf today. May he…
A couple of months ago I picked up “Creating a World Without Poverty” by Muhammad Yunus. I knew who Muhammad Yunus was, but I’d never read a book by him. However it was the title that grabbed my attention and the overview talking about his idea for Social Businesses. And yes – it took me…
I’m finally back in London after 2 months away in the US, albeit briefly as apparently I will need to return to Baltimore next week again…Wink So I just went downstairs in our London office for lunch in the canteen, and picked up The Guardian, not my favorite newspaper but the only one available, and…
If you’ve ever left a comment on my site, you may notice that it doesn’t appear right away. I like to approve them before they get put up for everyone to see and the main reason for that is not for flaming (I think any good blogger should be able to accept some critisim and…
After over one year travelling for my work (S. Korea, US, Thailand, Dubai, Hong Kong, US again and now India!!!) by myself I’ve got used to going to a new place with no friends or contacts and having to go out and make friends or face sitting around by myself every-night in my apartment/hotel and…
You know you’re back in the US when people don’t understand you saying “tomato” anymore… I got back yesterday to Baltimore after my week home in the UK and will be here for another 3 weeks. However I have noticed some disturbing developments in the US Democratic Primaries since I’ve been away. Its getting nasty!…
This evening I went to the IET‘s main headquarters in London, Savoy Place, to listen to a presentation by Robert Lainé, Chieft Technical Officer for EADS Space (part of Astrium), as part of the IET’s Kevlin lecture series. The presentation was on EADS Space’s new launch vehicle designed for sub-orbital flights to 100km, designed specifically…
This week the British government announced they were full steam ahead for building more nuclear power plants to meet the UK’s growing energy needs and reduce our CO2 impact in the world. This is after a decade of indecision! While I understand the risks inherent with nuclear reactors and nuclear waste disposal, this is long…