The blog

How do I innovate? Do I need to invent something new? How do I measure success? As a developer, I'm often looked upon to use technology to improve processes. This to a degree is innovation but you don't necessarily need IT solutions to innovate something.…

For the last time am I going to utter the words 'I wish I'd found this earlier'. There are so many great tools out there for developers that it can become overwhelming. I used to just accept the flaws in my text editor or database…

Len: 'We should write a comedy one day' Bob: 'Nah, no one would air it.' So the Daily Mail brigade is trying to derail another comedian's career. Jack Whitehall's recent performance on The End of the Year Quiz Show was close to the mark at…

Last Saturday was a momentous day. It marked the launch of My Full English. The site aimed at the connoisseurs of the decent fry up. The idea came about after a recent away trip to Southampton where we needed a greasy hang over cure. We…

So there I was at work and I see a Tweet from the Housing Association asking if anyone would mind talking to Sky News regarding the latest struggles for first-time buyers. Slightly apprehensively I respond saying I wouldn't mind doing it. I had assumed it…

I found a document called 'Year's Goals' the other day. Having opened it up I discovered that the header read 'Goals for 2011'. This should be interesting! There were 3 headings music, development and life. I scanned the list of aims for the year and…

Sadly we are losing a whole generation of cool old people. The ones that fought in WW2 and automatically earned my utmost respect and admiration. Instead, they're being replaced with a bunch of embittered Daily Mail readers who are rude and obnoxious. Perhaps I'm being…

After Ian Ayre's comments about Liverpool FC monopolising the foreign TV rights, it also came out that foreign ownership could force there to be no relegation/promotion from the Premier League. This got my blood boiling to truly molten levels. It inspired my new sci-fi novel...enjoy!…

I had always laughed when I heard that parenthood is 'the hardest job in the world'. Had they forgotten about crab fishermen? About the guy that cleans the dog shit bins? Or the Playboy bunny girls? Servicing a man of that age on a regular…