In his book Outliers, Malcom Gladwell claims it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. I guess I’m a slow learner, as it’s taken me a mere 148,000 hours to realise the opposite. Namely, that I’m not an expert at something. After running 3 businesses in 5 countries over ~17 years, I’ve come … Continue reading A Founder, Not A CEO
Category: Technology
Tom and TEDx’s Excellent Adventure
TEDx – Behind the Schemes
My TEDx is done… Perhaps short for ‘Tom’s Exhausting Diary’, or 'Tom’s Extreme Dichotomy’, the latter encapsulating the hypocrisy felt giving a talk on simplicity whilst living an entirely complex life during the process. Plus ca change. Hopefully my outfit and, of course, the talk itself will help further explain how I feel and what … Continue reading TEDx – Behind the Schemes
It’s OK
Hmmm... I am currently here, but I’m about to move back to San Francisco whilst wanting to settle here, where I'm trying to to buy a house. Well done Simpletom... you're managing, quite dedicatedly, to ignore all of your own advice. Over the next few months I will immerse myself and my business in 500 Startups, … Continue reading It’s OK
Real Apple
I am running, or at least starting, a technology business. Which means I'm trying to stay abreast of the technological 'news', if you can call it that. These last weeks, highly respected tweeters have chastised Apple for their 'terrible' new maps. The iPhone 5 has received record orders/sales and shares have increased over $700 a … Continue reading Real Apple
A PhD in Twitter
I did this interview Bill Lampos for 3Desk. It wasn't really meant for Simpletom, but I loved the way Bill was honest and modest and seemed to embody simplicity, so I thought I'd share (shortened to be more applicable here) http://www.lampos.net/ Tom (@brightgreen): you were very clever/lucky (delete as appropriate) to choose Twitter, back before it was … Continue reading A PhD in Twitter
The New Scheme – 3Desk
I've been working on a new business for a while now - it's just birthing as I write this (www.3desk.com). Here's the first blog post, which explains why and hopefully ties back to simplicity: --- It's rather strange that in the interconnected, multicultural, permeable world in which we live, most companies have permanent employees and … Continue reading The New Scheme – 3Desk
Tech Startups and Simplicity
Over the last few months, I’ve immersed myself in the world of the internet startup, funny little world that it is (to many within, it is there whole universe - please remind me of this as I delve deeper into the labyrinth). Never has so much money and time been spent on so many lines … Continue reading Tech Startups and Simplicity
The Skype Drink – Technology Hacks
Technology doesn’t always have to be a bane to us simple-seekers. I learnt about a new phenomena this week, called the Skype drink. I doubt you’ll have heard of it because I’ve borrowed the expression from a friend who might be unique in his adoption of this adaptation It entails setting up a time to … Continue reading The Skype Drink – Technology Hacks
Simple Letter of the Week
The Letter of the week in the week a few weeks back was a wonderful reminder to disconnect: To the Independent: "I went to hear James Cleick talk at the British Library a few weeeks ago about how we are constantly subjected to almost infinite amounts of information. I talked to him about this later, … Continue reading Simple Letter of the Week
