At The Do Lectures this year I was introduced to a video entitled the Girl Effect. It’s now a very short video that I can’t watch without a tear in my eye. It’s incredibly powerful and makes me want to do something to help. I owe Duke Stump a huge amount for introducing me to [...]
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12 November, 2009
Committing to stuff in public
One of the ways I get myself to do big things is to commit to doing them in public. That way I face the shame of failure amongst those that know me if I don’t do them.
So, seeing as I’ve just got back from my first run since Berlin Marathon 7 weeks ago (something i [...]
28 October, 2009
Pitching and Blackspotting
That’s it. My blackspotting dreams can come true anywhere. They’ve invented anti-wifi paint!
I genuinely can imagine a time in the not too distant future where cafes advertise that they are blackspots or, through the use of anti-wifi paint, they offer blackspot rooms.
In other news, I did a Dragon’s Den style pitch yesterday in [...]
26 October, 2009
Search Engine Optimisation and the Pembrokeshire B&B
I’ve just been away for a relaxed weekend in West Wales (staying in the highly recommended Old Oak Barn) and while having lunch in a great pub in the beautiful little village of Little Haven got chatting to a local couple. They were middle-aged, owned a local bed and breakfast and blew away all of [...]
22 October, 2009
A good start to the day…
Now imagine if the government just spent a small amount of money on sponsoring things like this, in order to improve your day. A smile in the morning during your commute could make the world of difference. The knock on effect could be incredible….
Thanks to @suzicatherine for the tip off about [...]
18 October, 2009
Ignite pics and vids
A quick Ignite Cardiff #3 wrap-up.
All the pics and vids I know of. Let me know if you know of any I’ve missed:
Claire’s pics
Rob May’s pics
Brian’s videos
Dafydd Rees’s pics
Some more on our Facebook group
Ali Gibb’s Flickr set
17 October, 2009
How not to give a presentation
As I alluded to in my last post, I didn’t think my talk at Ignite Cardiff on Thursday was very good. And now that I’ve seen it I’ve realised it’s actually pretty awful.
BUT, I think I’m kind of glad it happened. I’ve got a few big talks to do over coming weeks, including a pitch [...]
16 October, 2009
Ignite Cardiff #3, practice and the variable
We had our third Ignite Cardiff last night. It was great, I think. But I enjoyed it least out of all of them. We were in a different venue from normal (the utterly beautiful WMC), but it became pretty stressful because of a whole load of technical issues, all because of one unforeseen variable – [...]
5 October, 2009
The future of Nocci?
I’m putting together a presentation I’ll be doing in a few weeks time. It’s about time-management, simplifying your life, and achieving your goals. But far from being an instructional talk, it’s more about how I’m incredibly bad at most of these things, and how I have to trick myself into getting stuff done and striving [...]
10 September, 2009
The Do Lectures. Done! (pt.4)
The first lecture of the last day was postponed half an hour. Because everyone was still in bed. At 3am the night before everyone had gone straight from the teepee where Katy Carr and Bass Clef performed so brilliantly, and walked the 30 or so metres to “the pub” (a tiny renovated cottage of sorts [...]
