Category Archives: Narrative

Practical Lessons in Humility

Back in 1987, a colleague and I were using the large computer systems of the University of Leicester to run rather a lot of number crunching. Leicester had a large, well connected and well managed VAX Cluster which was ideal … Continue reading

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Thank you Jeanette

Just as an amused aside for a Saturday afternoon – Back in 1998 I was building what was then Cellnet’s Genie System, it is now O2 but you can’t blame me for any of that, Genie was actually very good … Continue reading

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Learning from History

I first left the Commercial Security industry back in 1999 when I decided to create Recruitment.com. After I moved on from there, I ended up being interviewed for a directorship of a company making Intrusion Detection Systems. They asked me … Continue reading

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