If you write anything on the Internet that you want people to read there are now lots of different ways for people to find out you have new content. When I first started blogging there were generally three practical options. 1) Subscribe to the RSS feed (if it had one) and keep a regular eye
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What do you do about writers block?
Genuine question! My last post on here was June 22nd and the last one before that was May 23rd. I had gotten into a nice rhythm with posting after wanting to be a bit more consistent in 2011. However, at the end of May I was writing up a book review and had a really
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Making money by giving stuff away
One of my new favourite authors is Cory Doctorow. His book Little Brother was the first I read on my Kindle and caught my eye because it was available under a Creative Commons License. I’m working my way through the rest of the books Cory has written but one thing I look forward to with
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Is it really October already?
I’ve just noticed I haven’t posted anything on here in just over a month. I really had no idea it had been that long! Everything has been very crazy recently for a ton of reasons. The main one being I’ve just moved house. The last few months have been some of the most stressful I’ve
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Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley Park
Last Saturday fellow geek Richard Tubb and I travelled down to Bletchley Park for the first ever Vintage Computer Festival here in the UK. I’ve been to the National Computer Museum before but this was a far more interactive experience. The mansion and various marquees around the site were filled with tons of retro systems
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Oh yeah, it’s 2010
Ok it’s not quite that bad….but Christmas and New Year were a bit of a blur and even though it’s the Wednesday morning I feel like I’ve been back at the office for weeks! The year ended with Mrs P getting the operation I mentioned previously so the run up to Christmas was filled with
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Top Gear, Range Rover, Dual View Screen
If you saw Top Gear at the weekend (and if you didn’t, why not?! It’s one of the best programs on TV!) you’ll have seen Jeremy Clarkson salivating over a Range Rover. It had a ton of gadgets but the one that jumped out at me was the “dual view” screen. Basically, the screen shows
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Technology Changing Lives
My job means on a day to day basis I try to help businesses improve by the use of technology. It’s very satisfying when you see “the penny drop” for someone after explaining a concept. I saw this after a SharePoint demo at the back end of last week – I love listening to conversations
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Writers Block
Having a bit of writers block at the moment I’ve started three posts this week and abandoned them for one reason or another Hoping normal service will be resumed soon 🙁
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Spreading the word
Slightly off topic but I haven’t posted in a while so why not I’ve become quite familiar with the inner workings of WordPress recently. This blog runs on WordPress but I’ve also done a couple of installations for my wife (who is amazing by the way!) Photo Blog (www.bryonyparkes.co.uk) This is pretty self explanatory. Bryony