October 2009
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Fat man thin?
Our eldest niece has her graduation ceremony this evening. As is the way of these things, only two people can attend so her Mum and Aunt Louise are going along. As I’ll be at a loose end, and as it is late night shopping night in Glasgow, I thought I’d nip in a get a…
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Do you plan to review your plan?
Nobody really likes planning. Plans are bad in the eyes of many people, seen as a necessary evil by others and some people would rather just jump straight in and figure things out as they go along. However, if you approach them the right way, planning can provide more than just a set of deadlines.…
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Bad bad bad
The other day, as I was off work with a bad back, I found myself on the sofa aimlessly surfing the channels for something to distract me. I must have channel hopped for about 20 minutes before I realised it was approaching the hour and there might be a movie starting on one of the…
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What do the users really want?
I have no idea what our users want. I do know they want information, and I know they want that information to be kept up to date as our product evolves and as far as those basic needs are concerned, I’m happy that we are meeting them. Beyond that I admit I’m not really that…
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Nothing to see here
A brief recap of a crap week. It started well on Monday (yeah that surprised me too) with a good day being productive and positive, which was topped off by a better evening at the Massive Attack gig. Tuesday was ok, and dinner with my parents to celebrate my Dad’s birthday was nice and then…