I have been, as they say, AFK for a few months. Away but not idle. In addition to finishing off my long-in-the-making sustainable doctor’s surgery in Herstmonceux, East Sussex (the new pharmacy is growing behind the hoarding just visible top right);

I have also completed a course in programming Android apps through Coursera,

and written a full-on software spec for a friend’s e-commerce site (you will be happy to know that there is no picture to go with this one…).
And, in the last 6 weeks, I have been working away on what looks as if it will progress from a shiny idea into a real attempt at a digital startup, which I am modestly going to keep quiet about for a while longer.
This last ushers in a new phase of this blog, then, which will likely have fewer long posts about events, and more short posts about things that have come up as I talk to the many kind people I am pestering for critical comments/constructive advice/words of wisdom. Time to put some of the things I learned last year into practice….