Comment on Linked In: Navigating the Seed stage trends for 2022
Link to the original post here I agree. Externalities are making ruining a business especially challenging. Nonetheless, I think there is still a dominate strategy for investors of all types. My expectations of an investable start-up has always been one that had a clear path to sustainable profit. I was told by several angel groups, […]
Review: The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects by Deyan Sudjic My rating: 3 of 5 stars Started off with some interesting observations touching on how not only function influences design but also the motivations of the maker and the social context. Interesting potential. Understanding why a thing was wanted is important However, […]
Review: Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a very good read. As in Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro makes a few small tweaks to the world, but does this just out of the reader’s sight. As the resulting ripples propagate around the corner, we learn a great […]
CV Advice
I was recently asked by a former intern who is about to graduate what advice i had for he CV. This is my responce. Knowing the key message you want to send is the most important. Formatting and length should support the message. A page might well be enough at you stage. Very rarely will […]
From OHG: Quick thoughts on ‘hybrid meetings’
Comment on: Rules for bringing AI into the classroom
from the FT 16 Aug 2021: https://www.ft.com/content/ef231955-e97d-4552-8dcc-f1afe01ad613 This is a good idea and an approach that adds value in several ways. There seems to be quite a lot of effort spent on trying to make so called artificial intelligence systems autonomous with the objective of replacing an alternative. However, by focusing on specific tasks and […]
Know your marketplace
I enjoy working with teams who have deep operational knowledge of their market. While others focus on devices, AbedGraham focuses on workflow and outcomes. It is a new way of thinking about cybersecurity. By considering how a cyber attack will impact patient safety and operations, the CCOM2 system provides relevant and actionable information. In this […]
Update on Triscope development
This is an open source project. Design project and files at: https://github.com/albioninnovate/triscope
Office Hours Group: Conversations: Positioning and the customer’s perspective
This week at office hours was a wide-ranging discussion centred around the positioning of product and companies. We explored the idea that putting yourself in the shoes of other people is key in selling products and indeed in having effective problem-solving approaches. Read more