June 2019

Collaboration not competition

Posted on 2019-06-262019-05-14 by ajggeoger in Business

Above my desk are a series of sticky notes, created when I first started Geoger and kept in sight so that I don't lose focus of the type of business I want to run and undertake. One of those notes has written on it 'collaboration not competition'. In the May/June issue of GeoConnexion magazine there … Continue reading Collaboration not competition →

Improve my UX!

Posted on 2019-06-052019-05-14 by ajggeoger in computing

There seems to be a trend at the moment for web pages with very light text*. I wonder whether this is a response to the 'dark themes' that have been prevalent in recent years. Or maybe my beef with the 'light text on light background' is more to do with ageing eyes! Although this sort … Continue reading Improve my UX! →

What’s in a day rate?

At a BARSC meeting in March 2019 about commercialising Earth observation I gave a short talk about something that is critical to all independent consultants and freelancers: day rates! The main point that I wanted to make was that although an individual’s day rate might seem high, there are a number of factors that the […]

Have you Scene this?

Many of you reading this will know that I create and host the Scene From Above alongside Andrew Cutts. We have now been publishing episodes (every three weeks) for 2 years! Time has flown by, and hopefully the quality of the episodes has improved a bit since our first demo episode. In this post I […]

A decade in review

Not only is it the end of the year, but it’s also the end of a decade. And a lot of things have changed in this decade. This post won’t cover all (or many!) of them, but I will try to give you a flavour of how things have changed for me (and maybe how […]