Social Bookmarking – an Introduction to Delicious
An Introduction to Delicious The social bookmarking website Delicious started life with a clever play on words with the domain name del.icio.us. Since its popularity the website has registered the easier to remember domain name delicious.com. Founded by Joshua Schachter in 2003 Delicious was acquired by Yahoo in 2005. Delicious is now a mainstream social [...]
How I became a Housing Manager
I was fed up with the shift work in the Hotel industry and never quite being off duty so the search was on for something to do. The big question was what else could I do? I was window shopping on High Street Kensington when I spotted something called a JOB CENTRE, I had never [...]
Personal violation, Robbery, Theft and Larceny
I know I am not the first, and I am definitely not the last but earlier this week I was the victim of a robbery. The house I was staying in was burgled. An ingenious entry – gemming off a sliding patio door and forcing open the window. This happened whilst the house was empty [...]
Guestblog: How I started my business
It all began in October 2006 when my children were aged 13 and 4. I was teaching IT and Business Studies in a secondary school, hating the paperwork but loving the student interaction, hating the lack of freedom but loving the ability to shape young people’s lives. I had accepted a part-time position, teaching just [...]
How I became a Sales Trainer of our Times
Time for a bit of a change Maybe somewhat surprisingly for a sales department of 35 plus four trainers and a departmental manager, the turnover in the Classified Advertising Department of The Times was quite low. The main reasons for leaving were to take up a fantastic job (that led for several to start their [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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