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A roast-tinted take on coffee 7 Sep 2012 | 07:15 pm
A different take on Ethiopian coffee at Make contrasts with the coffee ceremonies of Addis Ababa. And makes me think about coffee in general. This morning I wenr to Make Business Hub for a coffee mor...
Round India with an HTC One X 25 Jul 2012 | 03:31 am
A few weeks ago, one of Korean phone maker HTC’s communications agencies got in touch with me via Twitter to ask if I wanted to be a brand ambassador for their new phone, the HTC One X. They would giv...
Ten things to do in Edinburgh 8 Jan 2012 | 06:06 am
A shortened version of this list first appeared in Gulf News‘s Friday magazine about a year ago. Climb the Scott Monument. Yes, it’s a 287-step slog to the top, but the payoff is a great view of Edin...
The self-help project part two 26 Sep 2011 | 08:14 am
Twisting, pulsating lists are bursting from my subconscious into my dreams. After having read 70% of Getting Things Done (the Kindle is very specific on that – I’m on virtual page 207 our of 293), I’...
The self-help project, part one 18 Sep 2011 | 03:20 am
The first self-help book I read, why I look down on them, and why I’ve decided to read more. When I was at university I bought a copy of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People from a...
Hong Kong in six hours 14 Feb 2011 | 05:58 am
A Kipp travel tip to seeing the city from above Originally published on Kipp Report, August 2009 If you find yourself, as Kipp did recently, with some time to spare in the South East Asian travel hu...
Cairo – a travel article 14 Feb 2011 | 05:54 am
From world heritage sites, to some of the region’s most insistent tourist touts… welcome to Cairo. Originally published on Kipp Report, January 2010 “I don’t know what you are looking for, but I hav...
Why the Huffington Post is like a mullet 10 Feb 2011 | 09:26 am
This, below, from The New Yorker, from 2008. It’s a nice description. I wonder whether AOL will keep the business-up-front-party-behind strategy going now it’s bought HuffPo. The Huffington Post’...
Living on the sledge 5 Feb 2011 | 01:28 am
A couple of days before Christmas (2010), I went sledging in the Braid Valley in Edinburgh with my brothers, Joe and Pete. We videoed the trip. Now, using all my Final Cut skills (which are at toddler...
The pipes are calling: Baku beckons 28 Jan 2011 | 11:44 pm
The capital of Azerbaijan provides the backdrop for a long weekend of surreal sightseeing, gold teeth and geological oddities Fly Dubai flight 705 leaves the UAE half full and lands in Baku half empt...
