As with all things this blog has now come to an end, partly due to my lack of upkeep and partly due to my movement to new areas. I will leave it up but will probably move to a clean new domain with a new install/theme etc much more targetted and less sell out

A clean slate it is…

• Windows XP
• Adobe Master Suite
• Microsoft Office 08
• Media Monkey
• Netscape
• Andrea Mosiac
• Spybot Search and Destroy
• Avast
• AdAware
• Firefox
•                 -imacros
•                 -seoquake
•                 -scribefire          
•                 -stumble
•                 -tor
•                 -uk dictionary
•                 -web developer
• Webceo
• Airoboform
• Xammp
• Winrar
• multipleIEs
• Filezilla
• PSPad
• Utorrent
• Divx
• Ezp3p
• SOFTplus G site crawler
• Psp9
• Poweriso
• Infrarecorder
• Photo resize magic

As the title suggests this blog will unfortunately be going into hibernation for a while, as work gets on top of me and lists are piling up. But watch this space, when I return I will bring many good things, such as a new redesigned theme and lots more ideas and advice to pass on to you readers in the form of textual intercourse.Its better to work when your fully capable, it means the work you do do will be full bore, all out good work. Efficiency, if led in the right way, leads to completion of goals.

See you soon Readers!!!

It claims on the website I was looking that “ruby does a lot more with a lot less code” and that its quick to dispense and integrates easily across the board.  Bold Claims but I can see that if you build a Ruby on Rails Portfolio it should work out for you, its one of those illusive less common code bases that will brighten up any cv and almost assure you a role at a Ruby on Rails Company due to the lack of professionals covering it. Unfortunately for me I will probably never get round to mastering it - because as of yet I have never found something I can’t deal with in php etc. But should I ever find the need I would probably hire rather than learn, ROR definately worth a look though if your a new developer with a bit of spare time - then when you get pro - give me a call!!

My haste perhaps could have saved me a fair bit of time back then, I could have gone with a cheaper bank or thought more deeply about getting Business Funding rather than struggling to survive in the first year. I have since learnt from this but I still am glad I went strait into it. One thing that could have saved me a few grand that year was that the bank I opted for gave me Free Business Banking, but only for 6 months. Whereas now if you shop around you may manage to find 12 months + of free business banking - something which is worth (as I said) upwards of a few hundred quid for most business’s.

Its also important to go with a stable and ethical bank, stability will help you grow your business without worrying about them closing down on you and ethical will ensure that you work with people who understand how business should be done.

This weeks one I call “Skill Investment” or “SkillVest”

It is a lot more complicated than your standard site, with the equity part being a lot more legally confusing, especially across international borders. An Escrow like service would be needed to be established in order to enforce the payment of users. Or perhaps not?

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Rather than letting them rot until they hold no value in the current time I figure I will throw a few out there, give them a way - a giveaway business idea if you will.

I don’t want anything in return, maybe a little recognition if you like what I am saying, or a bit of flame if you think its useless - hell you can make it work and not say a thing - at least its better than it never happening.

So staring next week I will give a way about 5 of my business ideas over the coming month or so, providing you with everything I thought about it, what made it pop into my head and why I am not doing it right now. Subscribe now using the box on the left - don’t miss out

This site I saw works by they take your car (collect it from wherever) as part of their Car Donations scheme. As far as I can see in this example the charity then sells the car on and redistribute the sale cash accordingly (they say they only spend 5% on overheads - mentally low figure to run by) to your selected charity or organisation (that you select when you register). It says that your used vehicle will be “used to help single mothers, distribute educational materials, help homeless and more good deeds.” It does sound like a very positive use of second hand cars although I can see theres another viewpoint of it if you look deeper.

That’s not to say a UK charity / organisation couldn’t use this format, someone who collects vehicles or perhaps other items - probably used, sells them on, keeping a small chunk towards paying all the overheads and giving the remaining to a needy charity. The downside I feel with these situations is the objectivity of the charity and its ideals. The charity or organisation will use the funds to its own ends. But I suppose all charity’s operate this way, we should just choose the most appropriate to our sense of morals I guess. This United States one I found funds Free Children’s DVDs and anti-drug videos, which to me represents positive work although it has a Christian spin which I personally may not donate too, but its all positive and is a good way to change unwanted cars into charity support.

In that way I cant see that a well implemented version of a comparison site can fail. Provided it is run well, set up with flare and allows you to easily compare car insurance or another financial product then it cant really fail, the moneys there!

What would you do if you were the richest man (or women) alive? would you revel in the fame or stand back? Personally the latter would be my choice. This week with the growth of my current company increasing I have been largely thinking about exit strategy’s, planning my what ifs and my backup what ifs. A plan is important for me - gives me something to beat, something to surpass.

I suppose provided I make it to the multi billionaire status I will probably split my time between family and sustained growth of my empire. I have plans of space and intend to leave earth permanently before I die, perhaps that ambition is a bi-product of a misspent youth, with first person shooters, star trek games and farscape the igniting flame. But wont it be cool when we make it to proper outer space? Where you could just jet off in a direction and see completely new things unseen previously by any human. In business terms I think space is so inconceivably huge that its the equivalent of 1000 gold mines the size of 134million earth’s in terms of available business pursuits. You could operate a deep space expedition or just farm red sand on Mars, operate a hotel on Pluto or pretend to run a jedi school..(lol)

So maybe we will be the generation to which 80% of exit strategies were underplanned, maybe we will find a trick to an extra 60 years of life or work out how to see Mars in person for under £500. I guess we have to keep at our real world business’s - I just don’t see technology slowing down!