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10 things I do to stay productive & happy
10 things I do to stay productive & happy
One: read a lot
Kevin
Aug 14, 2018
How to stay (reasonably) anonymous online
How to stay (reasonably) anonymous online
Anonymity is under attack online. This is largely due to companies’ strategic monetisation options; the most convenient of which is selling…
Kevin
Jun 11, 2018
Touch screens in cars
Touch screens in cars
Tesla’s taking a lot of flack in the media these days. And I’m not one to pile on, but having sat in (and driven on one occasion) a Tesla…
Kevin
Jun 6, 2018
GitHub
GitHub
Mere hours after I published this, Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5bn in stock. Read more here.
Kevin
Jun 4, 2018
Playbook for solving leadership issues
Playbook for solving leadership issues
Managing people in lots of locations, with their own unique cultures & takes on the business is a rough one. It’s hard to maintain a…
Kevin
May 3, 2018
Why startups lose deals
Why startups lose deals
One of the projects I undertook last year was to build out an analysis model for deciding what factors go into a business losing deals. The…
Kevin
Mar 12, 2018
Learning new things
Learning new things
There are many things I should have done in the past. So many opportunities have been wasted during my adulthood. Everyone has those…
Kevin
Feb 24, 2018
What RTE should be
What RTE should be
For non-Irish folks reading this, RTE stands for Radio Telefís Éireann. RTE is an organisation of about 2000 people based in unimaginably…
Kevin
Feb 3, 2018
Authenticity
Authenticity
In recent months I’ve spent a bunch of time pondering the recent hipster-in-business phrase-du-jour, “be your authentic self.” As an…
Kevin
Jan 30, 2018
Technology will heal you
Technology will heal you
It’s Christmas time, and we’re nearing the New Year celebrations where we’ll ring in 2018. Everyone will join gyms, diet and try to reach…
Kevin
Dec 27, 2017
Things I’m looking for in a bank
Things I’m looking for in a bank
I’ve been with the same bank for a few years now, and before that I was with the same bank for years. And now I’m researching a switch to a…
Kevin
Nov 22, 2017
Some thoughts on bots & AI in business
Some thoughts on bots & AI in business
When I studied computer science we had some courses that covered the core concepts behind AI. This was before “bots” did anything beyond…
Kevin
Nov 21, 2017
Apple in 2017
Apple in 2017
We get it. In 2017, Tim Cook’s performance as CEO could be rated as exceptional as he steers Apple towards being the first trillion-dollar…
Kevin
Nov 8, 2017
Empathy
Empathy
Folks working in the tech industry, in particular, are being persistently bombarded with the word “empathy”. It comes up in all kinds of…
Kevin
Oct 21, 2017
5 years
5 years
On October 1st 2012 I embarked on a journey that I honestly didn’t expect to last 5 years. That journey was one where I took a role at a…
Kevin
Oct 2, 2017
Remote working
Remote working
I’ve spoken about this a few times. Here, on Twitter & at public speaking events. But the basics are easy; I manage a global team…
Kevin
Aug 4, 2017
Twitter’s $99 bet
Twitter’s $99 bet
Twitter is now testing a $99 subscription to promote tweets automatically. This means, as a business, your tweets will automatically be…
Kevin
Aug 1, 2017
Blockchain: web 3.0
Blockchain: web 3.0
This analogy just hit me today. Remember Digg? The Reddit-esque website that allowed people to submit stories to earn Diggs, i.e. internet…
Kevin
Jul 21, 2017
Studying Comp Sci != being able to do cool things
Studying Comp Sci != being able to do cool things
A regular conversation I’ve seen around the web lately, and in conversations with friends, is the fact that those who study Computer…
Kevin
Jul 17, 2017
Encryption
Encryption
Following the London attacks, Theresa May boldly suggested that the issue was the Internet. What she was more likely referring to was…
Kevin
Jul 11, 2017
Ad blockers: The good guy for ads
Ad blockers: The good guy for ads
A few weeks ago I spoke at a conference in Amsterdam. One of the other speakers was a guy from an Adblock company (there are more than I…
Kevin
Jul 10, 2017
The sharing economy
The sharing economy
There is an ideology sweeping entrepreneurship these days; “Uberification.” The idea posits that at some point almost all industries will…
Kevin
Jun 4, 2017
Decentralised & social: is it possible?
Decentralised & social: is it possible?
The biggest social outlets these days are megaladon-sized companies with millions of users interacting in small clusters. Facebook is a…
Kevin
May 16, 2017
You need to pay attention to blockchain technology
You need to pay attention to blockchain technology
Other than AI, Blockchain is one of my most-favoured topics these days. My RSS feeds are lighting up with Blockchain information, news and…
Kevin
May 14, 2017
My routine to get productive fast
My routine to get productive fast
My work life balance is out of whack. It always has been, though. I would never model my lack of balance as something anyone else should…
Kevin
May 14, 2017
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