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5 Things on Thursday #5

Hot on the heels of yesterdays post, here are my 5 top things from the last week. Just a quick note, please feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts, especially on the Dubai story. Enjoy! #1 – 800,000 Kilometers and Counting Two things I love – travelling and road-trips. But compared to [...]

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What, Where and Why: How I Got To Doha

“Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.” I'm sat in a generic American coffee shop in downtown Doha sipping on some rather good coffee, nibbling on a tasteless muffin and wondering how I got here. I can still remember when I decided that I'd make the changes that lead to this moment – It was 2.5 years ago on a sunny beach in Abu-Dhabi in December 2006.

Spreading The Awesome In 2009

It would be an understatement to say that things have been a bit gloomy lately. Just today Bill Gates was in the news predicting that the current financial crisis would last another 4 years. The IMF are predicting that in 2009 we'll see the lowest growth rate in the world economy for the last 60 years. Throw in the fact that many people have been made redundant, (I was one of the early ones last year) with more soon to follow, there really isn't an awful lot to be cheerful about these days.

Asides

• I've just added a page for my CV as I'm going to start looking for a new job. I haven't linked to it from the main page yet and would like to get some feedback before I do that. Have a look and let me know what you think. Too long? Anything missing? Any feedback would be really helpful! #
• Sometimes I tihnk I've done more theme refreshes than blog posts. I do like this new one but please let me know what you think. Thos post is in the Asides section which I'm not convinced I need. Time will tell. #
• I know this is late notice but this weeks edition of Carnival of the Mobilists is up over at Mobhappy and Russ Buckley has done a great job putting it together. As ever the Carnival is full of great Mobile posts from the best Mobile Bloggers out there so make sure you check it out. If you'd like to learn more about Carnival of the Mobilists inluding how to submit an entry and how to sign-up as a potential host of on of the editions hit the mobili.st #