Amphetamine

by Paul Parry | May 11, 2019 | 0 comments

I used to go to quite a few seminars, conferences, networking events and so on, and at one of them, a speaker talked of a concept (which became a book) used by a couple of Olympic rowers: Will it make the boat go faster? The idea is simple: they decided that if they...

Where You Come From

by Paul Parry | May 10, 2019 | 0 comments

As you might have noticed, this blog, my next book and Mr Lizard all take the same form: titles of posts and chapters are titles of songs I like. Sometimes they’re songs that I’ve been listening to for decades, and hold real meaning for me, while others...

Business

by Paul Parry | May 9, 2019 | 0 comments

I’ve used business cards to promote my books, to encourage people to sponsor me and I’ve even used them for business.Two things:Firstly, I don’t use Vistaprint any more. I pay a professional (Big Jon) to design them and use printed.com (not an affiliate link) to...

Epic

by Paul Parry | May 8, 2019 | 0 comments

I tend to like big ideas, epic projects and goals that go beyond the norm. So when I was learning about blogging, and came across this post – Write epic shit – it stayed with me. If you read just a single article about blogging, I recommend this one....

Information Critic

by Paul Parry | May 7, 2019 | 0 comments

I’ve been asked a few times by friends and clients to assess their websites. So, what sort of things am I looking at and reporting on? Here’s a list: Who’s it for? Is it obvious? How is it designed for them? Does the language resonate with this...