Archive for January, 2011

The UK’s feed in tariff is working…

Yes – something in the UK is actually working. http://www.greenbang.com/incentives-fire-up-uk-solar-market_15969.html

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Erbut Media Training

I started a media training business called Erbut (er… but… ) when I went freelance. It still does well today and I train a lot of financial and technology firms. If you’d like more information, go to erbut.com or email me.

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Two G strings ?

This is my 12-string guitar. With a 12-string, you get a fuller sound. It’s harder to pick the individual strings, but once you get that, it can sound amazing. (I am still practicing.)

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Journalism

I used to be a journalist. It was great fun and I loved every minute of it. During that time, I wrote mostly for the Financial Times. I’ve also written reports and articles for the Economist Group, the Daily Telegraph and a whole load of trade magazines. I was a news reporter on silicon.com, zdnet [...]

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The coolest animal?

Sea otter – any day.

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The Ducati I want

The Ducati Monster This year, she will be mine. Oh yes. She will be mine.

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The problem with having sausage fingers

The problem with having sausage fingers is that mobile phones are not designed for you – you make a lot of typos and it takes a long time to write an email. You can’t open tomato ketchup sachets and small things – like taking batteries out of remote controls – is really, really hard. Big [...]

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Toyota Prius: Weird controls

Took one for a ride Toyota trying too hard Gears are all fiddly

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Tron Legacy: Beautiful film

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Why I love San Francisco

The folks are friendly The sun is warm in winter Business moves fast.

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