A moments pause

Steve Jobs was a guy with a vision. That vision was planted long ago. In 2005 he did a talk
At Stanford University, to the graduates that year. My oldest Dave shared this with me last year, I am now sharing it..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&feature=youtube_gdata_player you'll find it posted everywhere today, I do not apologise for re-posting it.

Flag in the ground

Recent press coverage of the Socitm "Flag in the ground" roadmap of public services reform, has me thinking about the "Islands of success":

Governance
Procurement
Legal compliance information sharing
HR
Identity and Authentication
Networked services
Media and communications
Security, privacy and information management

Plenty to think about in time for the
Spring Conference!

Moleskine app

Well it's finally arrived, to go with the new range of accessories, the Moleskine app!

Bow you can carry the spirit of Moleskine on your iPhone! Thanks to TravelDave for the tip......

Islands of success

Thinking about the Socitm routemap 2015, I'm thinking about islands of success. The government ICT strategy will be published very soon, that will have key components which will need implementation methodologies, that's the challenge!

We'll develop a rich picture which will explain it all. Still not to late to comment on the Socitm strategy consultation via www.socitm.net

Swiss Army Volcano stove

Presenting in a different way

I love presentations, actually I spent too much of my life writing, and presenting.
I've discovered a lovely new way to present information http://prezi.com/
give it a go!

TOGAF - the jewel in the crown

I've been looking at the TOGAF enterprise architecture model. It's a brilliant way to build components in
a standards based way. Why it's not as famous as PRINCE 2 I do not know, watch this space.....

Dealing with "and" time management for today.

Wouldn't life be simple if we could deal with things sequentially? No chance of that, so along comes and.... there are all sorts of solutions, Getting Things Done, Time Manager, Franklin Covey & The Pomodoro technique.  


The recent book i've been reading do it tomorrow, looks at things from a very practical perspective. I really like the idea of closed lists, that equates to looking at standard processes or procedures, building templates  and then completing them. 


The real beauty of templates is they are consistent and can be improved. My weapon of choice now days, is Omni outliner. For general organisation and control, Omni Focus is fantastic and even has a GTD Guide for  using it. There are a range of excellent little video clips on youtube about omni outliner and problem solving. 

Teas made the ultimate geek retro must have?

Well @traveldave www.traveldave.co.uk brought me a teas made, not even my birthday yet. Apparently the the latest Dad retro must have. The interesting thing is, there are whole websites for teas mares, they calle them reassures stateside, see: http://www.teawaker.com/ suddenly, you don't feel sad, because someone has gone and built a whole website, put it on facebook and even tells you where you can buy the little milk pots on Amazon.

The implication of that is that you can order your books, tea bags and little milk pots right off Amazon! So where to next, the bedside fridge? The teas made cookbook?

Extreme teas made cook book, I guess pot noodles, cuppa soups, tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc. It was bad enough with the vintage pick nick sets see: http://www.applecroft.co.uk/bandalasta/picnic.htm but that's another story.........