This week I had the honour of sitting down with relentless, serial entrepreneur, Elliott Perry, to discuss life, travel and his latest venture.
Software Companies are the Wild West
Between the 1600s and the late 1800s, thousands of people set off from the edge of the new American civilisation and headed West…
Orienting Teams around the Axis of Change
Tech is a very fluid and changing world, but one of the most lasting truths in technology is Conway’s Law.
How do you measure expertise?
What is expertise? How do you know when to promote someone? What’s the difference between a Mid-level and a Senior? What makes an expert an expert?
Why do people only read things that back up their way of thinking?
Remember when the internet was in its infancy? We all had to put up with little 468 x 90 banner ads everywhere you looked – and sometimes we clicked them because we didn’t know better. As time went on we grew smarter, we were able to tell the bad adverts Continue Reading
Things I learned at my last job
Today I closed a chapter in my life. After nearly 4 years tenure at a company I wanted to reflect on the things I learned over that time. I have been very lucky to have a few excellent – world-class even – mentors here who have taught me things that will Continue Reading
What We Can All Learn from the Aviation Industry
The aviation industry is one plagued with red tape and strict process, and not without good reason. With more than half of all plane crashes caused by pilot error, and the flying public unwilling to fly without pilots in the pointy end, aviation authorities are doing everything they can to turn the Continue Reading
How to Take a Good Photo
Christmas is almost upon us and pretty soon the flood of pictures of Uncle Bob in his reindeer jumper will reach its peak. Photography is a very simple thing, you just point and click, right? And with the proliferation of camera-equipped smartphones and other devices you’d have thought that learning Continue Reading