Blog of an Open Mind

A while ago, well quite a while actually, I blogged about Professionlism in Business referring to a client I had recently parted company with.
Now at the time the spilt was reasonably amicable, however since that time, the ex-client has been making some rather unprofessional posts on various forums and their own blog about not just [...]

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Got a great surprise today, one of my clients sent me some very tasty looking chocolates to celebrate System administrators day!
Now I had never heard of this, more info here: www.sysadminday.com, but if it means I get presents by the bucket load just for doing what I love, bring it on!

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I had both sides of the coin today…
On the one hand I had to give one of my clients some news that I knew for a fact they would not like and I was actually concerned about telling them. Granted they weren’t exactly chuffed but the matter was dealt with calmly and professionally by [...]

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Just recently I have had to make some very tough and far reaching decisions about the business and the direction I wanted to go in. I spent a great deal of time considering the implications, weighing up the benefits and pitfalls as well as making sure I kept my eye on the “bigger issue”
Through [...]

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Well last night I thought I would join www.ecademy.com as I’d heard an awful lot of the forums I lurk in about the place. For those that don’t know, Ecademy is one of the world’s largest networking portals designed to connect like minded individuals and businesses…
I settled on the PowerNetworker membership simply as I [...]

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January has been and gone and I haven’t blogged. I’ve got good excuses though (as always)
Silkysteps.com has finally gone live. This was a massive site supplying learning resources for kids and the owner Ruth is constantly adding new bits and bobs. This site is going to be a monster once she’s finished [...]

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