Branding On Twitter
Earlier this evening I changed my username on Twitter from jonbeckett73 to jonbeckett - in a feeble attempt to start sorting out my “online brand” (don’t lau...
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Software Development In The Real World Geniuses And Numpties
Although I am officially a “Technical Specialist” on paper for Microsoft technologies, the ability to pass an exam is pretty much useless when faced with rea...
Busy Busy Busy
You may have noticed the severe lack of posts from me recently. A combination of working on a huge project to a deadline in the daytime, freelance work in th...
12Seconds This Could Get Silly
In the depths of last night, long after I should really have gone to bed, I took a look at 12 seconds on the internet…
The One Where I Nearly Hit Our 4 Year Old Over The Head With A Snowshovel
Just one of the exchanges that took place today;
This Used To Be My Playground
There was a time when I would find a quiet hour to sit at the computer and write. The keyboard served as a conduit between mind and computer, translating the...
Day Out With The Kids
Over the four days of the easter break, I have taken an unfeasible number of photos of the kids this year. Here are a few of today’s… (warning - crap load of...
How Many Faces Is Too Many
While running back and forth tugging children along a zip-line at a theme park this afternoon, I started wondering about my work colleagues - about those who...
Im Not Dead Yet
The title is of course a reference to a rather famous scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It also refers to the lack of wordage pouring forth from my...
Frustrating Weekend
I had hoped to make progress with a number of freelance projects this weekend. It didn’t happen (or at least it hasn’t happened yet - I forsee a very late ni...