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Hugh Spear
From the fast lane to the slow lane in twenty easy years.
Interests: Cycling, Sea Kayaking, Ocean Racing, Paddling, Skiing, Reading, Watchint films
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Christchurch to Queenstown - Credit card Bicycle Touring in New Zealand
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765kms of cycling up and down 5,223m of hills in 9 days. Bruce Bay, Westland, New Zealand It is fitting that this is the first entry in this blog, as it was the trip that transformed my approach to cycling. Originally planned at New Zealand Part 2 - South Island,... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2016 at Travels by Bicycle
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Mothers Day Presents
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Mother's Day 12th May - here are some great ideas for a personalised gift for Mum! Olly did a lion for Mum - hope he did not mishear Mum say " I would like a lie in for Mother's day and not a lion!" & Molly did her Mum a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2015 at Jenny's Painted Pots - Pottery Painting Parties in Sydney's Northern Beaches
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Leaving my iPhone and moving in with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 + Gear
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Dear Siri, We have had a great time together, but I'm afraid I have been seeing somone else and I'm going to be going away with them. "Hello Galaxy". That would be one way of starting my "Dear John" letter... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2014 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Tradional Vase by David Green
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This fine work by David Green was the winner of Pot of the Week at Jenny's on March 6th 2014. David was awarded the prize as he used some interesting colours and also used a cut sponge to make the flower shapes decorating the outside of the vase. David Green's... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2014 at Jenny's Painted Pots - Pottery Painting Parties in Sydney's Northern Beaches
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A Potted History of Ceramics
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When you paint a piece of pottery in Jenny's Painted Pots you are doing the same thing as your oldest ancestors would have done, and although the technology has changed a little, the principles have remained the same. Ancient pots from Judea thought to be from around the time of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2013 at Jenny's Painted Pots - Pottery Painting Parties in Sydney's Northern Beaches
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Traditional Sweet Shop
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Jenny's is also home to a traditional sweet shop. There is a range of lollies and refreshments to keep you going while you are creating. These are all specially imported direct from the UK. Turn back the clock to all those great colours and flavours from your childhood, or show... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2013 at Jenny's Painted Pots - Pottery Painting Parties in Sydney's Northern Beaches
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About Decoupage
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Decoupage is a great way to transform virtually anything into a work of art. First you choose from our range of Decoupage papers in a wide choice of amazing designs and colours. Then the fun starts. Simply cut up your sheets and apply them to your object with a special... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2013 at Jenny's Painted Pots - Pottery Painting Parties in Sydney's Northern Beaches
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Creative Activities
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Here are some of the fun things you can create at Jenny's: Paint a Pot - Choose from a wide range of blank bisque mugs, plates, jugs characters, tiles, money boxes etc. Prices start from just $12. Design with Decopatch - Choose from our extensive gift range. Decopatch sheets from... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2013 at Jenny's Painted Pots - Pottery Painting Parties in Sydney's Northern Beaches
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Jun 10, 2012
Is the pendulum of popular support now going to start swinging away from Apple?
Back in 1994 when we started Dialogue with an SMS application called PageMail we gave ourselves three years before we were either acquired or out of business. Why? Well in those days the personal computer software world was controlled by... Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2011 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Mobile World Congress 2011 - take-aways
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MWC 2011 Starters This must be something like fourteen years of visiting this show in either Cannes or Barcelona and each time I try to justify the event to myself as something worth doing. Some years the justification came from... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2011 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Top 5 +1 reasons for using SMS in recruitment.
Dialogue recently launched its SMS service for Bullhorn the site is great and can be found at http://www.dialogue.net/sms-for-bullhorn/. It offers close integration with the software as a service (SaaS) application in that you send and receive the SMS messages from... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2010 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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envelos the 1 SMS pitch
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As a regular listener to the Jason Calacanis podcast - This Week In StartUps, I have found myself intrigued by 'Shark Tank', a section of the show where an entrepreneur has 1 minute to pitch his business to Jason and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2010 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Android's killer App Inventor
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I can't think that there can be many neutral bystanders in this battle between these two behemoths of the Mobile Internet; Apple and Google. But those of us that think we are still enjoy anything that one company does which... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2010 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Review of the iPad after 2 months in Europe
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Prologue It is right that this is composed on my iPad and also that I am doing this in the departure lounge at Bangkok airport after two months of user testing in Australia, England and Denmark. I would say that... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2010 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Mobile World Congress vs CTIA Wireless 2010
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I have been meaning to write this entry for a few weeks, but it seems to have been a busier year than I anticipated. So here goes. I have attended The Mobile World Congress (MWC) in its various guises and... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2010 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Mar 15, 2010
envelos is live at www.envelos.com
As mentioned in a previous entry Dialogue has re-created an easy to use SMS product from a decade ago called envelos. This product went live earlier today. I'm hoping we can get some customers during this early phase so we... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2009 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Remember envelos?
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A little bit of history. Back in 1994 we developed our first product at Dialogue. It was called pagemail, and it did one thing well. It allowed you to send SMS messages from your computer. Over the years we developed... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2009 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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Remember envelos?
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A little bit of history. Back in 1994 we developed our first product at Dialogue. It was called pagemail, and it did one thing well. It allowed you to send SMS messages from your computer. Over the years we developed... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2009 at Hugh Spear's Blog
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