I’ve been a runner for about 4 years now. I was never sporty at school. I did participate in the horror they called “cross country” a couple of times. This was an activity where one ran around with a stitch in the cold wondering why that other kid didn’t look like they were about to … Starting to run
When I was 16 my dance physio told me that on no account was I to cycle. It would make my damaged knee worse. I heeded that advice and assumed that I wasn’t able to ride a bike. About three years ago, after chatting to a sports physiotherapist, it turned out that I probably shouldn’t … Falling off my road bike
I’ve been wanting to set this up for a while. The professional side of my life is well documented over at rachelandrew.co.uk however I’ve had an itch to start writing about running and fitness for some time. As 2013 will be the year I run my first marathon it seemed a good time to start. … A new blog
I told this story at the Insites Xmas Special earlier this month and have been meaning to write it all up. It’s the story of how I stopped being afraid of airplanes. In the hope that something in this is of use to anyone else who is scared of something and wants to deal with … On Fear and deciding not to be afraid
December is a month of looking back and looking forward and 2012 has been an exciting and very different year for me. I finally laid to rest the fear of flying that had kept me off airplanes for 18 years. In 2012 I took 14 flights to 7 different countries – just to make sure … A year of talking to people
When I first started writing this blog, the software was a custom Classic ASP solution that I put together running off an Access database. I believe the next incarnation of the site was running on Movable Type, and at some point I imported it all into WordPress. On WordPress it has remained until last week … Moving from WordPress to Perch
I returned to England on Wednesday from the wonderful Smashing Conference in Freiburg, Germany. Vitaly, Marc and the whole Smashing Magazine team did an amazing job running the first of what I hope will be many Smashing Conferences. As an example of the care and attention given to the whole conference, take a look at … We need to talk about content management
Via comments made by some of our Perchers on Twitter I discovered this post by EllisLab. One of my main tips to people wanting to launch a product is “talk to people on Twitter”, and so here are some thoughts for other product developers as to how we use Twitter for Perch and how important … The importance of social media for product developers
I agree with some of what Zach Inglis says in his post, Working on a few things in your bedroom, doesn’t make you an expert! I started to reply on Twitter then realized that I would write 40 Tweets to say what would be better written up as a post. I have definitely seen a … Doing, speaking and (not) being an internet celebrity
First, a disclaimer. Emma Boulton at Five Simple Steps sent me a copy of A Practical Guide to Web App Success and asked if I would read it and maybe write a review, given that I often write about business issues. I love reading business books, so was very happy to do so. The thoughts … Book Review: A Practical Guide to Web App Success