The Red Case
Living in a Revolution
Do You Like Rock Music? – British Sea Power
Fantastic album (3 to date) from one of our most eclectic and unknown bands
Worth a listen and then a live trip…….amazing show
www.britishseapower.co.uk
Read more →Swans everywhere
In reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable”, it reinforced something I feel people don’t consider enough. In the book he points out that Black Swans are highly improbable events with 3 characteristics:
Read more →Facing down the difficult choices – pain and pleasure
Someone sent this to me….it made me think a little and made a lot of sense….I just need to apply it now!….understand the link between PAIN and PLEASURE
Read more →Mark Payne – Football Club Owner
I’ve been a member of www.myfootballclub.co.uk since it first started and it looks like we (27,000 of us) are actually getting close to owning a club!
Amongst all the hype and a fair amount of cynical coverage we have reached that stage where a football club will be owned and to some degree run by a [...]
Listen to Frank….
Its your choice…..
A couple of quotes from Frank Zappa that still hold up….
“My theory is that music is good, it’s the only religion that delivers the goods. And anybody who wants to hear any kind of music is entitled to hear that music because it’s good for you – it makes you feel good. [...]
10 things you can do if you’re too busy
Interesting list from Bings Blog today of 10 things you can do if you’re too busy.
1. You can cancel all meetings with aggravating people right now unless they are your boss.
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Top 5 bookmarking services
Top social bookmarking services
This is a good explanation of the top bookmarking services – provides a short explanation of the features and links to various sites.
I am a long term del.icio.us user!
Bruce Springsteen – Magic….and money!
We went to see Bruce Springsteen at O2. Great show and a good venue…all rounded off by “Santa Claus is coming to town”. What more can I ask for?…. Well…..perhaps The River or Thunder Road….
BUT most importantly …. Less VIP entrances and corporate stuff……and please NO executives standing at the front. You had [...]
Sleep Is for the Week – Frank Turner
Inspiring, challenging, hard hitting, intelligent and relevant …..music to sit and listen to….
http://frank-turner.com
Small Gestures Build Great Companies
The Manager’s Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies by Steve Harrison
A great title and full of interesting and worthwhile ideas……
As per normal there will be things you don’t agree with and some things you already do….but on balance it made me think and added some good tips!
More information…Amazon >>
Arcade Fire – live
Enjoyed the live show at Alexandra Palace – apart from the crazy bar system – and the album is full of great tracks…..following on from previous work is not easy but this may be even better.
www.arcadefire.com
Read more →We’ll Live and Die in These Towns – The Enemy
I’ve seen them four times including as support for Kasabian and at Reading – great both times – the album is superb and it’s hard to remember how young these guys are!
www.theenemy.com
Read more →Reverend & The Makers – The State of Things
Jon McClure is the self-aggrandising, Sheffield-bred Reverend, and with his backing group, the Makers, he works through the same poetry of beers, blokes and birds…..
Read more →Funky Business
A book called Funky Business by two Swedish academics…..what more to say!
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Working on plans for the merger of ORIC and OSTEC ......lots of fun (honestly!).... [#]
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July 27th |
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Great drinks and dinner with @NickKellet ... as always, lots of amazing ideas, outlandish projects, gossip and straightforward common sense. [#]
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Just got some great news about a company I am involved with....just wish I was there with them....congratulations Jake.... [#]
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July 26th |
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“@OKDG is tomorrow at 7:30pm! Make sure you've rsvp'd! http://okdg.org/events/byTitle/collective_talent” [#]
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“@EricEdmeades: Kerner is not just about special effects anymore...new website tells complete story: www.Kerner.com” [#]
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July 25th |
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Looking for a recommendation for an Okanagan golf pro to help "tidy up" by skills....any suggestions? [#]
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Thinking a good way to judge the quality of a restaurant is the length of the paper towel given by the automatic restroom machines..... [#]
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July 24th |
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Missing the rain and wind of St Andrews....was it only 7 days ago! [#]
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