Marc: My Words : Thought

Don’t Hassle Me With Your Synchronicity

maholmes — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:53:17 GMT

I was taking part in a “learning opportunity” (old money: training course) last week. In typical Microsoft-style, most attendees took along a laptop (they always say they’re taking notes, but we know…). Anyway, in a break from the norm, the facilitator...(read more)

Charging For Stuff

maholmes — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:16:09 GMT

On the other hand, whilst the advertising models of the internet may have enabled the long tail on the internet, can Free really be the future? How many other industries out there operate and innovate on the basis of giving away their stuff? 37 Signals...(read more)

Little Promises Waiting To Be Broken

maholmes — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:54:58 GMT

Great tweet from @kathysierra (most of them are of course): Too true. One of the things I love about agile or lean methodologies - read more from my friend Portia here – is not the benefits they have for the actual process of software development, but...(read more)

But which is better? Twitter or Tumblr

maholmes — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:35:03 GMT

Only one way to find out… FIGHT. Actually, I was a bit dismayed to see Harry Hill mention the user-friendliness of Macs on TV Burp at the weekend. Et tu Harry? One of the most appealing things about Twitter is the basic lack of rules – just type some...(read more)

Wigadoo, BizSpark, Seth Godin and 1st Birthday Parties

maholmes — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:52:04 GMT

If you could see my office, then you’d know I sit in the same cluster as Lars . But you don’t so I’m mentioning it here. One of the handy things about sitting next to Lars (apart from the tidiness and general hospitality) is that he keeps me up to date...(read more)

Twit T-w00t

maholmes — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:36:34 GMT

I like Twitter , really I do, but I don’t go for all this commentary on its future as a platform. But when my good mate @voleshafter begins using it, and then (let’s leave @stephenfry and @wossy aside for a moment) Tim Lovejoy (sorry Tim, I couldn’t be...(read more)

Ad-Supported Chicken

maholmes — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:09:07 GMT

This particular post brought to you by the “Things You Think Up Whilst Bored At An Airport” department. Blooders was talking about the supermarket price war and, for instance, the very cheap price of chicken, which lead him to suggest that the notion...(read more)

Aggregation Aggravation

maholmes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:59:54 GMT

As I was upgrading my blog I was looking at the release notes around support for APML ( you can see my APML here ). I feel the need to subscribe to many blogs to keep myself abreast of developments across the varying industries and technologies I look...(read more)

Investing in the Long Tail

maholmes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:19:47 GMT

From the Long Tail blog, Chris Anderson provides a response to a great HBR article entitled “Should You Invest in The Long Tail?”. Clearly the focus of the article is about the pressing matters facing producers and retailers, but it’s relevant to all...(read more)