Jan
25
Trade Displays: is it time to trade up yet?
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Obblogatory Reading has been following the ups and downs of the start up company, Payperpost.com. You can read about their exploits here and here.
One of the things I noted was how often they had to attend Trade shows and Conferences. They had these great Trade Show Displays and I always wondered where on earth one [...]
Jan
24
Kiva’s working well. I’ve now got my own ‘portfolio’ page with the lenders who’ve shared my loan. I’ve been intrigued by this organisation. I’m now planning to lend more as this one comes due.
http://kiva.org/lender/investorblogger
Jan
21
New URL for Obblogatory Reading
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Yes, we’re moving onto our own URL. I’ve purchased the URL http://www.obblogatory.com, currently it leads to just one or two links, but we can fix that soon!
First stage to purchase and activate the URL is done. Right now it’s just a cloak, which isn’t a great idea. But I have advertisers and other problems, so [...]
Jan
21
Pictures: Lairg, Scotland
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Jan
20
My Things Gone Missing: A list
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I decided because I’m prone to losing things that I’d keep a record of things that I had lost! So here’s my list:
1. An old, but useful pair of spectacles (still missing)..
2. The Armchair Economist - found under a pile of books!.
3. Dummy’s Guide to Access ‘97 - found (under my car seat!).
4. … What [...]
Jan
18
Motivational Speaking: Mark Hughes could be on his mark!
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I’ve long been a fan of Toastmasters.org, and in fact was a member for more than two years. I never completed the basic course, but I did find the skills that I learned useful. That was great for me to learn communication skills, leadership skills, and public speaking skills! So hiring a professional speaker could [...]
Jan
18
Are you a nerd? I am!
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