Blog

A collection of my thoughts on technology, design, and startups (established 2008).

2024

Piccolo Updates

2016

Sustainable Software startup

The Pepsi Challenge and Design design

Microservices and Biomimicry tech

Evolution and Culture random

Attention is the Limit to Economic Growth startup

What the YBAs Can Teach Us About Creativity design

Cheap Space and Creative Communities random

Designing with Forces design

Power Generation in the Middle of Cities tech

The Risks of Extreme Crowdfunding Success startup

Are Affiliate Links Worth It? startup

Effective Strategies for Businesses in Remote Areas startup

Machine Learning in Surprising Places tech

The Secret About Programmers tech

Giving People Credit random

2015

Challenges for the Internet of Things tech

Sunk Cost Fallacy startup

The Problem with 3D Printing and How To Fix It tech

Conservation of Attractive Profits startup

Presents design

Shareable vs Monetizable startup

Changing Perspective by One Percent random

Revenue Sharing Platforms startup

Creative Energy design

Applying Constraints to Software design

First 50 Users startup

Digital Scarcity startup

Don't Compete On The Same Strengths startup

Goals vs Strategy random

Superman Products design

Marketing and Flows startup

Designing for Users design

KPI not KPIs startup

Learning To Walk design

A Guide To High Quality Data data science

Positive Feedback Loops design

Marketing for Designers design

Additionality startup

Channels startup

Starting With A Crazy Premise design

The Importance of the Raspberry Pi code

Digital Manufacturing Businesses design

Multi Product Companies design

Data Science is Like Panning for Gold data science

Sticky Ideas design

The Importance of Business Models to Design design

New Website design

2013

The Science of Happiness startup

Thinking the Unthinkable design

Rating Things random

Total Commitment random

Peter Thiel Startup Lectures startup

Optimism vs Wishful Thinking random

2012

Makers UK - Internet Week Europe design

Prototyping as a planning tool design

I've seen this before startup

Bullet proof design design

IDEO rules of brainstorming design

Passion, Talent, Disruption startup

Coke, cigarettes, and car parts design

Designing for outcomes design

Push and pull learning random

It's true - aesthetics help design

An idea is a network random

Clusters random

Futurists random

The sad story of Xanadu startup

The web is the new packaging design

Jobs to be Done startup

Structured Chaos design

Top 5 joelonsoftware.com articles startup

The Theory of Constraints startup

Past design projects design

Single Piece Flow random

The Cost of Compliance in Product Development design

Twice as fast startup

Value creating systems design

Treebuildr diary - part 1 design

An introduction to CE Marks design

Should cyclists wear crash helmets or wigs? design

Hidden antennas and other cultural norms design

Lessons in testing from software development design

Pros and cons of skeumorphism design

Supply and demand matching on the internet startup

Value proposition, experience, communication design

Building for viral impact - the story of two dice startup

R&D projects startup

Platform Choices design

Robert Heinlein's rules for writing design

Speed as a product feature design

How the Newton saved Apple startup

Are share options bust? startup

Ecology of Scale random

Solving big problems startup

Five essential industrial design books design

2011

Software agents design

Design Fiction design

Wicked Problems design

Service Companies as Product Innovators startup

Design Philosophy design

Designer of the day: Enzo Mari design

Knowledge Management random

Erik Spiekermann podcast design

Reinventing Classic Cars design

How to make an awesome electronics enclosure design

Startup People startup

The Four Steps to the Epiphany startup

Mass market hardware design

Christopher Alexander design

What I've learnt about Jonathan Ive's design process design

2010

Quality Cost Delivery (QCD) random

Alternatives startup

Disruptive Innovation startup

How to be a good middleman startup

Positive Reinforcement design

Survivors and Thrivers startup

Road blocks to Innovation startup

Minimum Viable Product startup

Scrappage scheme - here to stay? random

Pro vs Premium design

The Dangers of Distance Collaboration design

Assumptions startup

It's not what you know, it's who you know. random

Digital - physical cross over design

Thoughts on failure startup

2009

Adsense can be Nonsense startup

Customer Focus startup

What's ideal? startup

Long term companies startup

Smart groups random

Statements that kill innovation design

James Dyson talk design

Platforms design

Better by Design: The Bra design

Dieter Rams is coming to London design

Familiar Design design

Story of Joy design

Purple cow innovation startup

Make Meaning, Make Mantra startup

Toy Fair design

Philippe Stark design

Richard Seymour design

Muji Design Award design

Paula Scher: Serious Play design

Social Enterprise startup

Portfolio Culture random

2008

Dieter Rams design

The Family Unit random

Push it out to gain some perspective random