I’ve gone more ‘human’

Just under a month ago, I wrote a post about my two Twitter accounts, and my dilemma about whether to keep using the grey Paul__Parry account or switch to the much older but more human-sounding @Pazza. I spoke to a great friend whose opinion on such matters I trust...

Deadlines

On a podcast I listened to a few years ago (an episode of the Fizzle Show, which I’d recommend), Chase Reeves, one of the presenters, said that one of the best things you can do to help you focus and get productive is set a deadline. So I’ve decided that I want to...

One of the internet’s best uses

Fundraising coupled with social media is one of the best combinations anywhere online. Fundraising has obviously been around for a very long time, as has social proof (doing something because you know that your friends or other people like you have already done it)....

Trading on apathy

There are companies online whose profit comes from methods that slip under the radar of some of their ‘customers’. Essentially, these companies are trading on apathy and a lack of attention because they make money from people who don’t realise, from month to month,...

Change

When I wrote recently about the demise of HMV, a company that means a lot in our house, I mentioned that it reminded us that change is automatic but progress is not. That reminds me, again, then, that we should teach children to get comfortable with change....