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Ignore the Valley young man

May 29, 2008 – 7:53 am

Warning: you are entering a post written on an early morning train, after too many coffees, not enough sleep, and very very little thought.  Your milage may vary, your home is probably not at risk however.
Having spent the last week in the company of many fine geeks (Thinking Digital followed by BarCampNE), I suddently started [...]

By coldclimate | Posted in business, ideas | Comments (0)

Brilliant business quote

May 26, 2008 – 9:55 pm

Heard from Tara Hunt, thought I thing she was quoting somebody else.  “You make money because of the things you do, not from them”

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Phone spammers…

May 22, 2008 – 11:22 pm

I got a piece of spam today – addressed to me, and asking for my bank details and my phone number, asking if I wanted to become a mystery shopper. Its either a scam, or totally untargetted spam, but luckily he included his phone number! Adam Jones of Secret Shopper @ google [...]

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One man’s poison…

May 21, 2008 – 5:02 pm

As I walked back from day one of Think Digital (more on this later – possibly after the full three days), I noticed lots of really good stuff in skips.  It must be the time of year, but I passed about ten or twenty in a half hour walk, and in them were so many [...]

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The Chinese are masters of food

May 19, 2008 – 6:30 pm

My god, I love love love Char Siu Baau.  They’re light fluffy white dough balls, a little bit like the inside of a doughnut, but filled with barbiqued pork.  Sweet and sticky inside, fluffy and tacky on the outside, you buy them and steam them at home.  They were brilliant.

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