Wishing all of our clients, customers, partners, friends and fellow geeks a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!

The eco-warrior within discourages me from sending actual cards – so we’ve made a donation to Shelter instead.

I’ve wanted to do a skydive for a while now… so when my friend Dylan (1000+ jumps) offered to throw me out of a plane… who was I to say no?

As I’m already donating some of my time working with Julia’s House, I thought it made sense to try and raise some cash for them as well.

There are hundreds of children across Dorset who are suffering from life-limiting illnesses. Julia’s House is dedicated to providing love, support and help to both them, and their families ensuring they make the most of the time they have together. Read more about Julia’s house here.

PLEASE NOTE: I’ve paid for the jump – ALL FUNDS raised go to Julia’s House
(big thanks to Dylan for giving me his time and expertise for free too)

I’d like to raise £250, so anything you can give is appreciated.

SPONSOR ME PLEASE

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Its always good to be involved in a project which is matched with something you’re passionate about, with that in mind, I’m proud to present BomoBeats to the world!

In my spare time, I produce and present a show on the local FM radio station, as much as possible promoting new (local) music – BomoBeats has been set up by a group of us with the sole aim of promoting this musical talent in Bournemouth to a wider audience.

Social Tech Solutions are acting as the technology partner by providing hosting and web design, as well as a package of online social media marketing.

UPDATE: Press Release now available on BomoBeats

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Provisionally – 10th March – 5pm-9pm.

As you’ll of read below, we’ve moved into a new home at Alex’s Creative Space (under Alex’s Good Food Cafe).

Put March 10th in your diary, come down and meet our associates from FirstExact and ICT South who we share the space with, sample the delicious cake and nibbles from Alex’s Good Food Cafe (above) and generally have a good old nose around at our office.

More details (inc a proper invite) to follow.

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From the so called “most depressing day of the year” to Inauguration overload in one day.

I’ve read “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama and it did make me really optimistic about the years ahead… the wave of sentiment growing in Americe, could be seen as a real turning point in the fortunes of the world when we look back at this day in history.

Something that I’ve been pondering, and I apologise for going slightly off tangent today… the downturn was largely fueled (and caused) by the markets acting irresponsibly, the continued slump seems mostyl that they still don’t trust each other and that as this continues it becomes a spiral.

What if the recovery did not come from the markets?

What would the world look like if in a month or two’s time Obama sentiment is still running high?

Could their economy start recovering off the back of consumer sentiment?

There has been some commentary that the markets haven’t reacted to Obama because they fear some of his initiatives will harm their profit taking… does that mean the economy of America as a whole couldn’t recover despite the markets?

I don’t know, but I’m ever the optomist in some respects.

Your thoughts please on my “Springer’s final thought” – Does the UK need an Obama-like figure?

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