Archive for September, 2006
Increasing the productivity of a start up
If I had to sum up the past week at boso in one word it would definitely be “productivity”. It’s a word that is used a lot but its importance has really only become truly apparent to me in the last week. I always thought that one of the great things about being in a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )to think big, you need to think small…
I’ve been thinking about the web 2.0 scene a lot recently, mainly because i’ve been talking to a lot of friends who aren’t in the web scene. the last few weeks have been incredibly hectic for boso, raising investment and now deciding what to do with it has been a tough challenge (but still one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )the new facebook
It has been less than a day but the new facebook interface already seems to have caused a pretty big stir. there is already an “official” facebook petition to get the feature removed (http://oxford.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208288769) with over 8,000 people signed up already – there are several other spin off groups. i had a big debate with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )dragons den
I watched this show for the first time recently and i have to say i thought it was pathetic. why on earth should we be hyping a television show that actively seeks to discourage people from taking a risk and exploring new ideas. the dragons are deliberately rude and intimidating and even before the entrepreneur [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )a bad weekend
The past weekend has been very interesting, lost my phone on the train and was then called by t-mobile to be told someone had found it and would hand it in at their local police station. Called the station and no one has handed any phones in so I am now blackberry-less.
I also terminated my [...]
eBay facing problems
I just read this pretty interesting article about ebay’s declining popularity. I don’t think eBay will be losing too much sleep just yet as i’m still sure they can afford pretty comfortable beds but it does make me wonder about online trading in general. I’ve been thinking for a while that auctioning is quite ineffective [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )A new beginning!
Ok so I know the last blog wasn’t exactly around for long but I figured it was time to move on. I have to say wordpress beats blogspot hands down in terms of functionality, it’s far easier to use (not that blogspot was hard to use – it’s just that wordpress is a pretty [...]
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