‘1,000 true fans’

by | Nov 20, 2018 | 0 comments

I’ve blogged before about jobs that are emerging that didn’t exist even just ten years ago. Jobs including ‘influencer’. For those jobs that can be described as ‘creator’, there’s an idea which Kevin Kelly wrote about in 2008: To be a successful creator you don’t need...

Creativity and diversity

by | Nov 19, 2018 | 0 comments

I’d suggest that schools don’t encourage creativity very much or very well but, as a freelancer, I reckon it’s our greatest differentiator. Related to creativity is diversity and I liked what I heard recently from Keith Weed, chief marketing and communications officer...

Social media

by | Nov 18, 2018 | 0 comments

Social media intrigues me. And it worries me a little bit. Why? Not so much the data and privacy issues, although they’re a concern to some extent, it’s more the impact on kids’ minds, the time those platforms eat up and the way they’re designed to exploit our...

Recommended: Elegant Themes (great service)

by | Nov 17, 2018 | 0 comments

I’m quite fussy when choosing suppliers and service providers. I’d been wanting to make a subtle tweak to my blog for months. I’d tried Googling for a solution but without success. I’d tried various plugins but they didn’t work. I’d read (and learned, first-hand) that...

Of course it’s for me

by | Nov 16, 2018 | 0 comments

I was tired. It was late. I’d paid three hundred quid for an online training course. I was confused by it. I was frustrated with it. Got annoyed with it. Did I want to know what another student on the course thought about a particular brand? At that moment, no. I just...