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July 2, 2014

Day 7 – Post office and dry cleaning and general test with sunglasses

So today was going to be another quiet day apart from having to run a few errands which would give me a chance to test out the Glass in public again, but this time I decided to test the sunglasses snap on which came with the Glass package. After the initial fascination with the gadget..

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July 1, 2014

Day 6 – What happened at the Garden Centre?

Relatively quiet day today so only had a few chances to test out the Glass. These days I spend mostly working on the Mindlogr project, and because it is in prototype phase right now, with the emphasis being on feature development, it means I don’t get out much! Anyways, today I popped down to our..

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June 30, 2014

Day 5 – A quiet sunday gardening and chilling

Today was a quiet day and usually I’d try to keep my head out of the computer and spend the time doing some gardening, cooking up a storm or chilling in front of the TV. Perhaps some household chores would also creep into this mix somehow! With that in mind I was reluctant to try..

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June 29, 2014

Day 4 – Central London and the UK Public’s reaction to Glass

So up till now I haven’t had a reason to be travelling into central London, but that was about to change as I headed out to Goodge Street station where I would then make my way to Birbeck College for a Mensa IQ test. I had booked this a while ago before I got married..

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June 28, 2014

Day 3 – Tennis and Google Glass

The main activity of the day which I wanted to test the Glass with was our group tennis coaching at my local tennis club. During my walk there I could test whether or not the voice recognition would work over the loud traffic sounds and it did, but only about 50% of the time. Quite..

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June 26, 2014

Day 2 GGC – It’s quite warm and fuzzy

So second day of having the Google Glass has been quite interesting. Firstly I was keen to see how the battery would last, so I charged it full at the beginning of the day and see how it panned out over the day. The battery lasted till about 9pm from a full charge around 11am…

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June 26, 2014

Day 1 – reporting on Google Glass and its UK release – my own 30 day challenge

I’ve been into technology ever since I was a kid, which ultimately lead me down the path of pursuing a career in computing. I’ve also been an avid fan of Star Trek for many years and so when the opportunity came to get my hands on the Google Glass, I did not hesitate! You might..

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May 7, 2014

Oh the life of a startup entrepreneur is hard …..but

….you have to keep moving forward. 2014 has been a turning point year for me. There can’t be many times in an entrepreneurs life that so many things can happen to cause a great amount of change, and for me, both personally and professionally, this has been a year to remember. Besides getting married which..

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April 3, 2014

Narrowing the focus to a laser point

Often in an entrepreneurs life, there comes times when big decisions have to be made in order to focus on what’s important and lately I’ve had to make a few of these myself that has taught me some more lessons in focus. I think for a while, I thought that it was possible for me..

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November 28, 2013

We are a nation of marketers, and that’s the problem

When I’m out talking to people about business, technology or their start-up ideas, I get asked often why I think their idea hasn’t taken off or gotten traction. Although I’m not a leading expert in the field of traction, what I can observe is that there seems to be an epidemic in Britain today with..

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October 9, 2013

How to assess a company to decide whether or not you want to do business with them – don’t trust blindly

The internet is a minefield of a million services and unless they are a recognized global brand, you probably come across services every single day, wondering are these people trustworthy? It’s the biggest question of them all, whether or not you are going to business with them, and this will depend on how much you..

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September 24, 2013

What are birthday’s for if not to share yourself with others?

In our life we have many interesting days, from the day we are born to graduation day at university. What’s interesting is that whilst trying to remember my various birthday’s, with today being my 39th, I can hardly remember any of the early years ones. Our parents spent all that time and effort, year on..

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August 20, 2013

The top 32 websites where you can submit your startup

I’ve been looking at places where you can go to submit a start-up as this is a good way of getting initial exposure, especially to the start-up community who are a bunch of inquisitive and smart people. Before you start submitting sites, you should have a press kit made up which contains images of your..

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August 14, 2013

When you are stuck trying to make a decision – think about the maze

I was talking to Owen, a good friend of mine who does street magic, you might have seen him in Covent Garden before (check out www.roadmage.com),  and we were discussing the whole topic of decision making and from that discussion I wanted to share the idea of the maze. So basically Owen is in a..

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August 5, 2013

15 rules for a great life

Admittedly there are many rules and clichés in life, however if you think hard about it, a cliché is only a cliché because although it’s been said many times, it is true. Personally I’ve heard of many and what I’ve done here is distilled them into 15 rules which you might or might not have..

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March 28, 2013

How do you interpret your dreams?

Ok, we’ve all woken up from time to time wondering what the hell we’ve just dreamt, and much of the time it’s a mish mash of often weird imagery that doesn’t seem to make sense. One moment you’re in a cave eating cupcakes and the next you’re on a rollercoaster with your granddad. What does..

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February 11, 2013

Dealing with lots of emails and what is and isn’t spam emails

As a start-up and business owner, I deal with a lot of emails, so one of the things that I can’t stand is people wasting my time with emails that I haven’t chosen to receive. As a VC said in the valley, time is the most precious resource we all have, and it’s important to..

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February 4, 2013

Why is Silicon Valley so hot with technology startups?

I was fortunate enough to land myself a place on a trip to Silicon Valley recently and this came about through a friend of mine called Rob who sent me an email literally on the day I was leaving to go on holiday to Thailand last November. In fact, had the email come in an..

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January 9, 2013

My own 5 rules of living a great life

1) There is always a choice No matter how hard the choice is, or whether you decide to take it, in every single decision there is always a choice to be had. I constantly hear all the time how people don’t have a choice. They complain that they can’t leave their work because they don’t have..

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December 7, 2012

Wake up, do something that changes the world

I just got back from LeWeb in Paris, after having spent 2 weeks in Thailand where I proposed to my girlfriend and she said yes! It was a great holiday and Thailand is a very special place. This blog isn’t about that trip, but I started with that because being in a relaxed frame of..

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November 9, 2012

Do what you are good out – outsource everything else

As an entrepreneur, we all suffer from this one fact that we think we can do everything ourselves. The trouble is, we can’t and we are not superhuman (although many of us would like to imagine so), and it takes a lot of guts just to do something as simple as admit we are weak..

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October 29, 2012

Slow Roast 6hr Lamb Recipe

So recently I’ve been experimenting with lamb and I’ve had a lot of praise about a lamb dish I make so I thought it’s time to share it, seeing as several people have asked for the recipe. This is one that is going to tickle your taste buds to the highest extent, the depth of..

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October 24, 2012

Lost in comfort?

The comfort factor is probably one of the best dream killers I’ve ever known to exist. It works its way into your life quite easily and the next thing you know you’re sat in front of the TV watching X-Factor and then the re-runs of Strictly Come Dancing on the +1 channels! I don’t think..

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October 16, 2012

A little bit more information about the World Without Offices mission

It was back in February 2011 when I was writing my first book, “Speedlights & Elephants”, that I discovered this higher mission, something that I’ve been building all along, but realised that if rolled out on a large scale, would impact the planet in ways which cannot even imagine right now. At the time I..

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October 11, 2012

Embrace the geek within

If you want to succeed on whatever you are doing, you need to be geeky! I don’t mean you need to be a technical wizard, no, in fact being a tech wizard isn’t even part of the geek equation. What I mean by geeky is basically the definition of it as “a person heavily interested..

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October 2, 2012

Another nail in the coffin for paper based contracts

It’s been around for a while, however I thought it would be useful to tell more people about Echosign which is a service provided by Adobe and effectively it eliminates the need to have paper based contracts and signings. Echosign is an online electronic signature service where you can upload your documents in various formats..

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September 25, 2012

The Nth Degree

I just had my birthday, my beautiful girlfriend surprised me with the most amazing birthday gift by taking me to Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons which is a luxury historic manor house owned by Raymond Blanc and the restaurant has 2 Michelin Stars. So what is the Nth degree and how does it help my..

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September 22, 2012

Jude Law and Elton John at Peace One Day Concert for UN International Day of Peace

It’s not every day you get to participate or play a part in world history, but last night I was privileged and humbled to be in such great company as a Patron of Peace One Day being able to support them in their great endeavours. Yesterday was September 21st, the United Nations International Day of..

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September 18, 2012

Why use magazines to do market research

There is so much information online that sometimes you don’t know where to start when it comes to doing research. Whether that is research on your business or perhaps a particular area of your business, I’ve often found that I get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information on the internet. One source of great..

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September 7, 2012

Inspiring spaces as a place of contemplation and business

Having a flexible business means finding new ways to hold meetings and one of the most important things in business is meeting people and having face to face chats. More often than not, entrepreneurs flock to these members clubs where they once again work in a confined uninteresting space, but there are so many inspiring..

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August 23, 2012

The Rise of Flexible Working Practices in the UK in the Last 10 Years

Those of us who live and work in large urban centres are, by now, probably very familiar with some aspects of “flexible working” – though we might not even notice it.  For those who live in rural communities and smaller villages, however, “work” has more or less the same definition as it did 100 years..

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August 21, 2012

Vertical farms are indeed a reality

I came across this article recently and found it very interesting. Often people ask what one might do with a bunch of empty buildings if indeed offices became redundant. What I often say is that those old office buildings could be converted into homes, places where energy can be stored or even created, or I’ve..

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August 18, 2012

How do you weigh up a days extra work over a BBQ?

It’s probably the hottest day of the year today and I suspect being late in August, this might be the hottest time of this year. I think one of the most interesting things about the sun, especially in the UK is that it brings people out and there is an overemphasis of value placed on..

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August 12, 2012

Does Working From Home Really Improve Productivity?

Telecommuting has become a double-edged sword for many employers and employees alike.  On the one hand, proponents claim it allows them to get more done, by removing the need for travel and the distractions of the office. On the other hand, some people say it’s much easier to slip into lethargy and lose motivation if..

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July 30, 2012

How is your organisation prepared for virtual staff working from home?

If your organisation is planning any sort of change in the future, the people who work for you need to be made aware of the changes as soon as the decision is actually made. They are the crux of the business and you do rely on them for the success of it. You will need..

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July 27, 2012

What to Consider When Letting Staff Work From Home

Everyone wants to be that person – the one whose staff are happy and free to come and go as they please, because they know at the end of the day results are delivered. But letting your staff change to a work-from home system requires a lot of planning, preparation and infrastructure, and it may..

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