Delighted to be welcoming Connor Silman to the Bespoke Computing Ltd family. With many years experience both hands on techie and selling IT solutions, Connor is joining us as a Sales Executive to help grow our business by helping our clients do technol…lnkd.in/ei_8UMsK

Asking about somebodies growler might cause offence in some circles. But that’s the world we live in. Different words and terms have different meanings depending upon your audience. Working in technology, we have lots of acronyms and phrases that mean…lnkd.in/eNppdArN

Happy Friday! How was your week? It’s been busy here. Here’s a taster: - welcoming Connor to the family. - updating the Bespoke Computing Ltd roadmap. - a Corporation meeting with Telford College. - meeting new clients for the first time - expl…lnkd.in/e6ccBup3

Today is Saturday. And on Saturday we do family stuff. It's Father's Day this weekend. And whilst I am fortunate enough to be seeing my children tomorrow, I won't see my father. Not because of illness or accident. But because he didn't want to carry…lnkd.in/e5EJi5cV

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Another busy week for us: - installing a new Mac Book Pro. - technology reviews for clients. - replacement battery backups. - strategy planning for clients. - strategy planning for us! - security remediation…lnkd.in/ei_3Cg_x

Did you leave the front door open? Last week we loaded our monitoring tools onto a client server. It phones home to say there were 30,000 failed login attempts from around the world. A failed login is somebody trying to use the computer. Computer says…lnkd.in/gZsXvbDg

Today, I am working on the business rather than in the business. Working on the business is something I have done one way or another for years. It makes the business better. It makes me better. It benefits clients. Speaking of which, I am on the…lnkd.in/eyPZibGU

Here’s why you should watch your language: It’s hayfever season for me. Have you seen anything so hot as me, at 3am, drowning in snot? Me neither. Hot, right? Reflecting on my snot, it got me thinking about my use of language. It also had me thinki…lnkd.in/eBP9_F4D

Today is Saturday. And on Saturday we do family stuff. It's me and my eldest this weekend. Small is with her mum. Last year I started wild camping, and having seen the photos, my lad wants to wild camp too. If there's something you want to do, persona…lnkd.in/e3Br7QRK

Happy Monday! What does your week look like? After a couple of days out last week, it’s going to be a busy (and productive) one. Here’s a flavour of what I’m up to: 🧑‍💻 interviewing for our next engineer. 🔒 consulting on security practices. ☁️ scop…lnkd.in/eSNtkefy

Are you a tech professional or business leader in tech? Yesterday we had the pleasure of being welcomed by Shrewsbury School to their careers fair, talking to year 11 and lower sixth students about routes into the technology space. There was some amazin…lnkd.in/e87eAHNY

Simple technology tip: Stop over complicating it. I’ve worked with hundreds of businesses, looking at how they use tech. The most efficient ones are usually doing simple things really well. Pro tip: if you can’t explain it to your mum, it’s not sim…lnkd.in/eupKTuVw

Stick to the knitting...🧶 I wrote about this 10 years ago for a blog, drawing on the quote "Stick to the knitting". It was said by Tom Peters in his book: In Search of Excellence. It means staying with the business you know, focusing on building that…lnkd.in/enu8Gs5A

Today is Saturday. And on Saturday we do family stuff. This week I’ve had a few non-work conversations with friends about family stuff, and what that means to them. These friends are going through times of change in different ways, and not necessarily i…lnkd.in/ez6VEGpH

Is your business relocating or expanding into new offices? One of our clients is doing exactly that, and today I am in Glasgow on a recce at their shortlist of potential new offices. Being involved this early means we’re clear about what we’ve got to w…lnkd.in/eG_EneRi

Back to college… This morning the Digital Skills Hub at Telford College met to discuss lots about upcoming T levels, apprenticeships and employability programmes. Developing our people is super important to me, our business and also the wider community…lnkd.in/esy4cvai

When was your last unicorn brew? 🦄 What’s a unicorn brew I hear you say? It’s one of those rare brews made by the person that doesn’t often make a round. You know the one. Always there to drink the coffee but never the one stirring the water into…lnkd.in/d8axe7gN

Today is Saturday. And on Saturday we do family stuff. Solo parenting is “interesting” some days. It can feel like herding cats. Like trying to get them both looking at the camera at the same time. 🙈 Running a business is “interesting” some days too.…lnkd.in/dRsTmfN7

This time last week I was in Glasgow. No trips to Scotland this week. Instead, I will be: - looking at some SharePoint migrations. - helping a client launch a website. - quoting on various IT hardware. And whatever else crops up 💪🏻 What does…lnkd.in/dEyQ6TqS

When you find out a local competitor is blocking their clients from being able to look at your website... 🤦‍♂️