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Rails conf 2011

Posted on May 17, 2011 by simon

Streaming it live is great. Quite impressed at how well I can watch a conference in Baltimore from the corner of a desk in London and actually feel like its working. There does seem to be a lot of quotation … Continue reading →

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Quick PhoneGap build gotcha

Posted on March 25, 2011 by simon

I will be blogging a lot more about mobile development it seems, having now ended up becoming both an overnight iOS and Android developer. Loving both platforms, but also for the simple stuff, loving PhoneGap, the sort of html and … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Startup Weekend Winners

Posted on March 13, 2011 by simon

So we’ve finally made it to the end of an intense weekend. There were some absolutely fantastic ideas, and some excellent presentations at the end of it all. With many very deserving winners, in all sorts of categories, I’m very … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Startup Weekend Pitching Begins

Posted on March 10, 2011 by simon

I’ve blogged before about the Cambridge Startup Weekend, and am pleased to see that the organisers have done a fantastic PR job and sold out completely. One of the most interested pieces of social PR work I say in the … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Startup Weekend

Posted on February 26, 2011 by simon

So, Startup Weekend is coming to Cambridge and I have to say that I am really looking forward to it. There is something about the idea of spending 54 hours making a new business happen which takes me back to … Continue reading →

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ISIN Validation with Javascript

Posted on February 12, 2011 by simon

As part of a recent integration project, I found that I needed to use ISIN codes as a common key. ISINs are an internationally recognised way of labelling exchange listed securities. As with many things my first call for an … Continue reading →

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New website

Posted on January 3, 2011 by simon

Welcome to my new website. Continue reading →

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iPad

Posted on October 22, 2010 by simon

Being something of a fan of the shiny simple easy things Apple tend to produce, I was a very early iPad adopter. This was mainly due to good intentions like reading long erudite tomes of novels on my long, less … Continue reading →

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Finally! Somewhere to live.

Posted on September 10, 2010 by simon

How we moved house, and how long it took.. so very, very long. Continue reading →

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Coffee

Posted on April 2, 2008 by simon

Some years ago I got myself a little present. Sitting in the window of the Whittards coffee shop in Cambridge, was something beautiful and shiny, which offered the promise of many dark delights. It was a Gaggia. It was half … Continue reading →

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