Brain fodder, I guess you might call this. Certainly it is an observation, personal but then it is my blog, so I guess my observations are the point. Over the last few weeks I have noticed the following topics getting lots of heat across social media and blogosphere: Note: I...
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Slowing down – why the need for speed?
23 Oct
Currently I have been reading all sorts of books and ideas, I always like to get many perspectives on things. The following extract was take from Tim Ferriss’s book, The 4-hr work Week, and is a portion of an email he received from a terminally ill girl, a few years...
Office Space / Coworking Brisbane – using our space better
14 Oct
When we moved into our new office just over a year ago, we were busting the seams on our old space and needed more. At the time it felt like we would need more and more space to keep up. A year later, we have hit our maximum and have...
Feeding oneself – life’s hard school
12 Oct
Gardening. One of life’s oddities. So many love it. Others find it bemusing. Sounds a little like social media. We moved to acreage 18 months ago, as a lifestyle choice. Part of the new journey on our paradise plot is that gardening of all sorts and sizes is very much...
It’s a team – from top to tail
17 Sep
What is a team? What makes some teams win over others, and how does that impact on our successes? This past weekend I have watched several sporting events which were big for their own reasons, but out of which I got to observe the real key characteristics of teams in...
Don’t forget where the future comes from
29 Jul
Ireckon has been a proud supporter of the Beacon Foundation, a national not-for-profit aimed at helping young people create their own future. They work with schools to provide positive influence and leadership to help young people avoid unemployment and to think forward. Today I got to experience first hand the...
Sometimes the system takes the cake
20 Jun
Systems are important for business. In previous posts I have mentioned that as we have grown we have tried to find ways to improve our systems constantly so that we can continue to maintain the service levels we aim to. Any business owner knows this can be hard. As your...
New Gadget – it’s a Curve
06 Jun
Been sold, have the t-shirt and yes I have my new Blackberry Curve. So not really one to get too hung up over phones it was a tough call on whether to wait and try an iPhone or not. I love the ‘play’ factor with the iPhone, but wasn’t fully...
velocity bandwidth restored
10 Apr
further to my previous post, the virgin blue velocity global game is now back up and...
Cover you mean Printed, then that's a rule... 22 days ago