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I’ve just done a big post over on the worky blog about using Facebook to fundraise.
Would love to know your thoughts on it fundraisey-types x

I just had my first anniversary.
Last November, I switched from PC to Mac.
Violent MSFT dissent. XP no more. So long, spyware. Etcetera.
Best. Day. Ever.
After a few months of consistent and dedicated whinging, I’d managed to persuade my tech lead that I needed a MacBook Pro to edit video on (and you can see the eventual [...]

I don’t really want to talk about fundraising on this blog. However, I can make an exception this time.
‘Atheist Bus’ has dominated my working day since launch on tuesday morning. We’re in the enviable hotseat where we can see where all the traffic is coming from, with our all our awesome dashboards of win. Here’s [...]

As I write this, my sysadmin and his line manager at work have both made a pilgrimage to the Apple Store.  So it’s been about three days, and I’m man enough to admit that I really, really want one of the new MacBook Pro’s.
Glossy screen or not.
My current machine is 11 months old now. It’s [...]

Yesterday we dusted off our suits for the Bank of Scotland Entrepreneurial challenge which is worth about £35m in interest-free investment for the winners. Of all the times of the year to go to an event like that. You couldn’t script it any better.
Millions of words have already been written this week about the Lloyd’s [...]

Back in the wet disappointment that was August 2008, Sophie and I were talking about work stuff over email.
We’d just discovered Ryan Carson’s (of Carsonified and FOWA and wearing-hats fame) fundraising page on Justgiving.
The following exchange happened:
From: Simon Doggett
Sent: 11 August 2008 15:30
To: Sophie De Albuquerque
Shall we make a fuss over Ryan carsons pfp? Could [...]