Adrian Melrose on being an early adopter

Dreams

December 8, 2010

A quick post from my hotel room in San Francisco. I am a delegate at Dreamforce. Right now I should be putting together a post for AoB’s blog on what I learnt yesterday on day 2 but there’s too much to distill! It will have to wait until I can digest it all. There’s a [...]

Food Safari: Free Range Pork in a day

October 20, 2010

Free Range Pig in a day: What a great day out and it’s all thanks to the wonderful ambassadorial work of Polly Robinson, founder of Food Safari, who has become a hub of the “foodie network” in Suffolk. Undoubtedly, we’re of the generation that’s concerned about understanding the process behind “from field to fork” which [...]

I admit: I can’t afford to ignore the Facebook wave.

September 28, 2010

Do yourself a favour and please watch just the first 4 minutes of this and then read what I have to say about Digital Tomorrow Today’s Course that I am attending. The YouTube above I saw live a few weeks back at the jam packed Royal Fesitival Hall. Benioff (Salesforce.com‘s CEO) asked us whether there [...]

About being Outnumbered

September 24, 2010

It’s customary for our two daughters to leap out of bed long before I’m forced to. Recently I’ve been left wondering whether it’s the joys of a good morning kiss/cuddle that draws them into our bedroom or whether it’s the prospect of playing with the iPhone or iPad. This morning there was hardly a pause [...]

Twitter: Don’t cry wolf. Why Game Changing?

September 15, 2010

I caught a retweet from Andrew Gerrard last night when he broadcast Mike Butcher’s tweet about Twitter announcement being a “game changer”. So I waited up until midnight in the UK* Prior to the announcement, there was much speculation regarding an acquisition of Twitter by Google which I discounted heavily due to the accepted belief [...]

John Lewis: our relationship is over (open letter)

August 25, 2010

Dear John I have always loved and respected your John Lewis brand. In the past its commitment to customer service has always magnetised me. We had our wedding list at yours. We decked all our halls with John Lewis bought regalia when our children were born. You always gave me the benefit of the doubt [...]

Childcare Guidelines: Beliefs

August 23, 2010

Childcare guidelines need to be given to our childrens’ carers to govern many things including how to deal with our beliefs. Beliefs emanate from our upbringing and the environment in which we are nurtured. When we decide to bring up children: many of us partner with someone with similar beliefs and our children grow up [...]

Mark Shaw: “Why I am not following you on Twitter”

August 10, 2010

I first discovered Mark Shaw from one of Francoise Murat’s Retweets drawing my attention to one of his blogposts: “Why I am not following you on Twitter” which frankly is a good piece although its certainly not fresh content. I read his blog and then looked at his Twitter profile and read a little more [...]

A Potton Hall concert to remember

August 4, 2010

It was always going to be a fabulous concert at Potton Hall. Lucy Parham is acknowledged as one of Britain’s finest pianists and, I think I’ve got it right when I say she was one of the artists with whom Jeremy first worked with at Potton Hall. Lucy’s first celebrated combination of piano and script [...]

How to improve your broadband speed: Sharedband

July 18, 2010

I have finally found a viable way of increasing our bandwidth in ‘Rural’ Suffolk. To say I am thrilled is an understatement. BT defends its poor service provision by claiming we live in a rural area although there is nothing rural about where we live – we are 5 minutes from a huge Tesco which [...]

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