General Ramblings
Win an eKit Passport SIM with $10 credit
I’ve been using the eKit passport SIMs for a while. It’s a great piece of kit that allows you make international calls from anywhere in the world at a fraction of the cost of other providers. The service also allows you to create a website that let’s your friends and family see where you are … Continue reading
Commercial Use of your API – why you should allow it
Thing is, when you’re building an API – doesn’t matter if you’re the BBC, government or a start-up – it’s so very tempting to add the line ‘only for non-commerical use’. It was the line that allowed us to pursued people at the BBC to release data via backstage. It’s a really handy way to … Continue reading
Camp Omelette
First in a new series of three cooking videos we start with the most basic of good food for the road – the Omelette. Incredibly simple to make, and importantly, still good to eat if you mess it up! The great thing about this recipe is that it’s very easy to add to or change … Continue reading
inspired
inspired, originally uploaded by iamjon*. Back for the second week it’s Friday Foto Fun. This week I’ve chosen a shot of the Minster at York. I lament sometimes that as a nation, we’ve lost the art of and forgotten what it is do Great Things. York Minster is Great. It’s Awesome and the very presence … Continue reading
Friday Foto Fun (see what I did there?)
Biking to Work, originally uploaded by buteijn. Biking to Work This, pulled over from the flickr explore section, caught my eye today to mark a return to the Friday photo posting – simple things that inspire or make you smile on a Friday afternoon. For me this image captures the end of summer, the slow … Continue reading
On leaving Lonely Planet
It seems only yesterday that I was posting here about my new and very exciting job at Lonely Planet. The Innovation Ecosystem Manager (no, I never stopped having to explain to people what that meant – in the end I went with ‘do cool shit’). In fact it’s been nearly two years since I left … Continue reading
Breakfast Mess
This is a very simple breakfast – it looks a mess – and frankly it is, but it’s full of slow-release energy and sets you up for the day. It’s also worth pointing out that I rather made a hash of this recipe. It should have been an omelette with a little sausage, bacon and … Continue reading
Hire this guy
Being advertised at in facebook is a pain in the ass – the ads are never relevant and regardless of how much time I spend clicking the little crosses and telling facebook I’m not interested in free holidays to spain…. I still get adverts selling me free holidays to spain. For the first time ever … Continue reading
Take note
I occasionally drop in great marketing ideas here – normally that’s a particularly well executed TV spot – but on this occasion it’s a piece of packaging. It doesn’t take a great deal of explanation, mainly because it’s been everywhere in the last couple of days – and that’s rather the point. Panasonic have driven … Continue reading
An introduction to keeping chickens (for the total novice)
It’s odd, you would have thought that there would be an easy to find, easy to digest introduction to keeping chickens somewhere on the net – and perhaps there is – but frankly, I can’t find it. So here, in a slight change of direction for this motorbike and travel blog, is a short introduction … Continue reading
