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I can’t think of a snappy title. Honesty wins.

Andy Parkhouse - August 11th, 2010

I just went through my (too long) list of draft, never-published blog posts…found these links.

‘New’ is addictive. Here’s some stuff that’s not new. Don’t matter though, try em anyway.

I should just fricking put these links on Twitter where they belong instead of saving them up to try and add some useful insight. Whatever.

1. Faris Yakob and some other blokes talk about interesting stuff in 2008. Seems a long time ago now. Still, nobody knew anything then, nobody knows anything now. If anybody does know, send me a postcard, ta. And if you don’t know (and nobody does), give it some interesting chat instead.

2. BJ Fogg on Simplicity. If I say more, you won’t bother clicking. Then you’ll miss out. Go on, click. It’s worth it icon razz I cant think of a snappy title.  Honesty wins.

3. Five ways to ruin your industry reputation. Seems pretty retro and obvious, now right? Surely everyone knows Facebook is for baby pictures and debauchery; business networking is done with linkedin and twitter. Or do they? And who’s ‘everyone’ anyway. Get ‘everyone’ to send me a postcard, see how many I get.

4. John Kay. If you don’t like learning about business and economics at all, well, whatever. If you do like business and economics and you don’t like reading John Kay, you’re just wrong, and I’ll fight you. Unless you are (a) bigger than me, or (b) better at fighting than me or (c) nah.

5. “Viral marketing may also be limited by the virtue that most people are actually only talking to small groups of people online.” HP Labs research from 2008. So talk to lots of small groups, right? Or – get this – make sure you start a conversation with one person, repeat that n times. Don’t just arrogantly broadcast your views out at people…hmm. Irony fail. Kzzzpttt. [end]

Andy’s rules #261586

Andy Parkhouse - August 3rd, 2010

Andy’s rules….always go for the Win Win Scenario

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Much of life is not zero-sum: one person’s gain is not another’s loss. Work towards a win for all participants. Not just a compromise; a win.

Is that possible? Try anyway.

Source of Think Win Win here.

Postr…now up to *one* user(s)!

Andy Parkhouse - July 30th, 2010

The redoubtable Tim Jones at True Digital is Postr user #1 icon smile Postr...now up to *one* user(s)!

What’s Postr?

For being the first, I sent Tim a Postr two-fer icon surprised Postr...now up to *one* user(s)!

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Introducing Postr

Andy Parkhouse - July 21st, 2010

I’ve invented a thing called “Postr”.

How does it work?
I write something interesting and useful on a 2″ sticky note and send it to you by post. Character limit: whatever fits (not a lot, unless I write teeny-tiny).
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Coming soon:
- Postr Pro – uses Royal Mail Special Delivery, guaranteed before 12pm next day.
- Postr Mobile – using pigeons.
- Postr Lite – smaller sticky notes, and I don’t bother mailing them to you. I just write them, then put them in the shredder.
- Postr API – allows you to slice and dice postr for mashups, archiving, integration with other services etc. To get started, signup for our developer kit (developer kit contains scissors, tape, pritstick).

Postr is currently in private beta. To signup, send a stamped self-adddressed envelope (SAE) to ‘Postr’, 35 King Street, Bristol, BS1 4DZ.

Latest feature: ‘repost’. Share *my* thoughts with *your* friends. Simply pop the sticky note in a new envelope and send it to the friend of your choice. Want to send it to more than one person? Simply ask the first one to pass it on when they’re done.

Share Stuff ;)

Andy Parkhouse - July 1st, 2010

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Team Rubber Photo Casebook #151: r4k cake

Andy Parkhouse - June 29th, 2010

We use version control when we’re developing our software. Each time we finish a piece of code we commit it to the version control system. Each commit gets a number. Every 1,000 commits we have cake. Simple, no? icon smile Team Rubber Photo Casebook #151: r4k cake

This is the cake for commit number 4,000 on Citizen Space. Tasty.

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Team Rubber’s Photo Casebook #819322

Andy Parkhouse - June 25th, 2010

1. Chris has some crabs
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2. So does Rory
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3. Adam has a giggle at something Ian said.
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4. Ian *is* Iron Man. Or so the eyes suggest…
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5. Ben working hard
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6. Michaela has the pen jiggles
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7. Marta makes tea
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8. Adam prefers books with pictures in icon razz Team Rubbers Photo Casebook #819322
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9. Stan and Ant: masters at work
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10. Rich shows us his legs
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FIN

More working out working out (it’s Godin time)

Andy Parkhouse - June 18th, 2010

I blogged a couple of weeks ago about working away from the office. In that line of thinking, Ben just sent me this piece from Seth Godin – Goodbye to the Office.

I’m completely convinced that we need a space that’s definitely ours, where sometimes we work together intensively on interesting problems. I’m increasingly less convinced that we need to be in an office as much as we are; in fact that it has certain costs – not just travelling, or rent – but also interruption, dissipation, and the accidental exclusion of those who aren’t in the room.

The classic desk-chair-pentidy office setup – meh. I work at home with my feet up on the sofa. It’s bad for RSI but pretty good for getting stuff done. I don’t even have a desk in the office right now (happens every few years when stuff gets juggled around – means I’m constantly stealing in a vampire fashion from other people’s power supplies).

Maybe it’s time to can the desks in favour of sofas, bar tables and drawing boards. And power supplies everywhere. icon razz More working out working out (its Godin time)

Andy’s Rules #1524 – Words and Pictures

Andy Parkhouse - June 4th, 2010

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Same probably goes for blogging, Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube comments, and other things that mostly use text like chat apps and forums.

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But First I Have to Write Some CSS :|

Andy Parkhouse - June 2nd, 2010

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