Apr 30
So, you have an idea for a business or product. How do you come up with a name? Here’s a few tips. 1. Pick a word you like and look it up in a foreign language. There are many online dictionaries for this. Look for something memorable, that has an obvious hook and no obvious pronunciation problems. Start with the basic principles you are after, get a thesaurus...
Read MoreApr 28
It’s good to be optimistic. And I love people with great drive and belief. But there is, unfortunately, a limit on how far a wave of optimism can take you up the beach before sucking you back into the shark-infested depths. My problem, as has often been pointed out, is that I see reasons why things might be difficult far brighter than why they might work....
Read MoreApr 23
Everyone moans about it, but you can’t get away from it. People use PowerPoint a lot. And, for the most part, the issue isn’t with the tool itself. It is far more to do with how people use it. I’ve been suffering this for too many years now, so this is a small attempt to make my life better my hopefully sitting through a few less dismal...
Read MoreApr 16
Been a while since I’ve done a photo blog post.So, I went to London for 6 days. It was disappointingly very dull in the weather department. Still, I had set myself a single goal of doing some night shooting as more practice before the forthcoming Sucata Split Run and, in particular, getting a night shot of Tower Bridge. Which I did. So that was good. I also...
Read MoreApr 08
Who knew I’d find a valid(ish) reason to use that word. Hopefully I’ve not stretched it too far.* For a good few years now I’ve been giving most of photography away online for free. I now have well over 300K downloads from two sites alone. People often say to me “you should charge for those, if you got £1 a time…” etc. And my...
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