On Blogging
Transparency In Business: How Important Is It To You?
It’s late here but I’m making the most of my pregnancy insomnia (having felt so exhausted that I’ve had to nap for most of the day…typical) and blogging.
If you’ve been over to this site recently (versus reading it via a feedreader or via email), you may have noticed a slight tweak to the masthead. The [...]
It’s late here but I’m making the most of my pregnancy insomnia (having felt so exhausted that I’ve had to nap for most of the day…typical) and blogging.
If you’ve been over to this site recently (versus reading it via a feedreader or via email), you may have noticed a slight tweak to the masthead. The strapline now says “Blogging Behind The Scenes Of A Location Independent Business” – which means that once again, this blog is evolving.
The reasons for this are two-fold:
1 – The fact that I live a location independent lifestyle is what many people find the most fascinating aspect of my life – and on the advice of someone I respect, I am going to be leveraging this more as part of my personal brand – especially now that the Location Independent project is becoming my main focus on a day-to-day basis.
2 – I believe in transparency in business. What this means is that I believe it’s important to understand why businesses behave the way they do and why they make the decisions they make – no matter what size the business is. As far as I’m concerned, this transparent approach benefits everyone – and especially customers and clients.
The kind of business that Jonathan and I are now building with Kinetiva is a pretty unique one (that too is evolving, by the way) and I’d like to be as transparent as possible about how we’re doing this and the decisions we’re making along the way. I hope that you’ll find it interesting and useful too…
P.S. For a pretty exciting event in the growth of the Location Independent project, check out this post on Chris Guillebeau’s phenomenally popular site, The Art of Nonconformity.
Customising The User Experience On A Blog: An Experiment
A few months ago, I made the conscious decision to turn the Location Independent blog into what I call a “proper” business. Ever since then, I’ve slowly been working on the nuts & bolts of the site to put in the foundations that have been missing so far. These include:
A few months ago, I made the conscious decision to turn the Location Independent blog into what I call a “proper” business. Ever since then, I’ve slowly been working on the nuts & bolts of the site to put in the foundations that have been missing so far. These include: Read the rest of this entry
Hiccups, Twitter & Bony Bums
I’ve been lying awake at night recently unable to sleep, thanks to the hiccuping of the little madam in my belly.
According to the progress tracker on Babycentre she’s apparently practising her breathing technique (and no Daddy, she’s not a fish!), hence the hiccups. Strange sensation and quite disturbing until I realised what it was.
Whenever I [...]
I’ve been lying awake at night recently unable to sleep, thanks to the hiccuping of the little madam in my belly.
According to the progress tracker on Babycentre she’s apparently practising her breathing technique (and no Daddy, she’s not a fish!), hence the hiccups. Strange sensation and quite disturbing until I realised what it was.
Whenever I mention the mini-me on Twitter (did you notice that smooth transition!!!), I get a wide variety of responses from the cheeky/rude (from the young ‘uns) to the “aaaw tell me more”. It’s weird but quite cool to have so many people “involved” in my pregnancy/life who I’ve never met.
As so many have been predicting recently, Twitter seems to be hitting its stride and gaining popularity amongst non-early adopters and non-geeks (even my Dad’s on Twitter!).
For some time now though, I’ve been noticing a few knock-on effects on blogging and potentially on business – as Twitter gains in popularity. And they’re not all good…
