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So on Wednesday, Nils and I went to Internet World at Earls Court, to do a final pitch to the judges for the “UK’s Most Promising Internet Company 2008″… and we didn’t win, which is a bummer, but we did make it to the final 3 out of 150 companies, which is pretty cool […]

Respek for Damien, he’s produced something fresh and easy on the eyes
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My previous design lasted for almost half of that time. Despite its shortcomings (lack of a feature-rich CMS) and obvious design flaws, and given the amount of recognition that it received, I became hesitant to change it […]

A nice little debate raging about the web mission to the Valley…
_ TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Carsonified, which runs Silicon Valley-style UK events, attacks a UK startup trip to… Silicon Valley
It’s just morning here in SF so I have just seen this post. The below is my initial response, but I have to […]

Good article from Sarah Lacy on UK startups…
Web Startups: The London Scene
London has never been considered a center of entrepreneurship. As TechCrunch UK editor Mike Butcher notes, Europeans are encumbered with the well-worn caricature that they’re too lazy and well-fed by the state to exhibit entrepreneurial hunger. More to the point, he says, many […]

This is the first draft of the content from the core conversation panel I did at SxSW earlier this year. When it’s done it will go up as a PDF and a blog post. I’m posting here so that I can start getting feedback if possible; and have kept things numbered for easier […]

Today’s been one of those days where I’ve focussed on one thing only, for the whole day, so that we could release a major new feature in 14 languages. So that literally means just doing one thing. OK, so I deleted some emails, and answered one or two, but by and large apart […]

So it’s a few weeks after SxSW now and I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages but haven’t had the time or energy to do so for a while now… so here it is
The last day for me was primarily about catching up with work, then preparing for the core conversation […]

You know you’re doing something right when your parents tell you about an article they read in a real newspaper on something you’re involved with… I spose it lends credibility to this online malarkey and engenders your efforts within your own immediate family… So I was pleasantly surprised when my dad emailed me last […]

I’m sitting in the airport at Chicago and am just about to get on a plane back to London. Feeling more tired and whacked out than in a long time; probably the last SxSw…
Anyways, if you’re reading this and you like Kindo, give it a another look today - we’ve just added photo’s.
So, give […]

Spent a lot of today working, so not as much detail as yesterday
Scaling boot camp was pretty interesting and some new ideas coming out of that. Key take homes were:

understand what has to happen in order to go into “scaling mode” - what are the red flags?
don’t scale until you have to
know […]

A/B Testing was pretty interesting but kinda strightforward theoretically. Interesting to see how Yahoo!, eBay and LinkedIn approach testing in different ways, and some ideas around testing ideas for user interaction and design vs results. Sometimes you get results you didn’t expect, design or plan for.
Red Dragon - Internet in China:

Chinese market is […]

So I’m at SxSW again, and really loving the vibe. Missed it last year due to a little project called Kindo, but made a point of coming this year.
I’m not really sure what it is about “South By” that makes it so cool, apart from bringing together the best people in the industry, so […]

I’m at SxSW in Austin, Texas and am wondering whether there are any other Africans here?
Ping me if you are, would love to hook up for a beverage or two

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Interested in well aggregated and usable content? Something Guy alerted me too, which looks pretty interesting, is AllTop. Of course, if you’re using Netvibes you may think differently…
_ About Alltop
We help you explore your passions by collecting stories from “all the top” sites on the web. We’ve grouped these collections—”aggregations”—into individual […]