Personal musings by a gentleman in Bath, UKTumblr (3.0; @perspectivesbyme)http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/<a href="http://blog.minming.net/post/35553963889/a-billion-dollar-software-tech-company-is-founded-every">minming: A billion dollar software tech company is founded every 3 months *in U.S.</a>: <p><a href="http://blog.minming.net/post/35553963889/a-billion-dollar-software-tech-company-is-founded-every" class="tumblr_blog">lominming</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ron Conway once said: “There’s a billion company created every 3 months. Now, it is every 2 months”. I finally got the chance compile “The Billion Dollar” list. I tried to limit this list to only software tech companies. I also included a couple of near billion dollar companies (~0.7 B and above).</p> </blockquote>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/40688484188http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/40688484188Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:01:52 +0000<a href="http://jacks.tumblr.com/post/33785796042/lets-reconsider-our-users">Jack's: Let's reconsider our "users"</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jacks.tumblr.com/post/33785796042/lets-reconsider-our-users">jacks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>us·er <br/><em>/ˈyo͞ozər/</em></p> <p><strong>Noun</strong><br/> 1. A person who uses or operates something, esp. a computer or other machine.<br/> 2. A person who takes illegal drugs; a drug user.</p> <p><strong>Synonyms</strong><br/> consumer</p> </blockquote> <p>During a Square Board meeting, our newest Director Howard Schultz, pulled me aside and asked a simple question.</p> <p>“Why…</p> </blockquote>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/37023076970http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/37023076970Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:47:23 +0000<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/10/cycle-worse-cycle-better.html?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email#.UJmQsnRFeiw.tumblr">Seth's Blog: Cycle worse, cycle better</a>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/35154305359http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/35154305359Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:35:42 +0000<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/business/a-capitalists-dilemma-whoever-becomes-president.html?smid=tu-share">A Capitalist’s Dilemma, Whoever Wins on Tuesday</a>: <p>Corporations and private equity have billions of dollars on hand that they could use to empower innovation to end the economic slump. But how best to start the wheels turning?</p>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/35137895085http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/35137895085Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:28:38 +0000“Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Zadie Smith</strong> <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/19/zadie-smith-10-rules-of-writing/">on writing</a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</em>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/33316203235http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/33316203235Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:36:31 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb0s8ybpn21rfm8dio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Shaving costs lives!</p>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/32815407498http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/32815407498Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:39:58 +0100<p>Welcome. I&#8217;ve heard a lot about Tumblr so was keen to experience it first hand.  I shall add my musings here when I feel like it.</p>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/20028736040http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/20028736040Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:32:34 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0sip5Wb551rrd1rlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Castle Combe defunct post box</p>http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/19195685639http://perspectivesbyme.tumblr.com/post/19195685639Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:07:00 +0000