My last post

Imagine for yourselves the sound of a bugle, played by a lone soldier on a cliff near some old battleground - playing the last post...

Yes folks, this is is - my last post (for a while at least)

Sad but true.

Here's the skinny - on April 1st, 2005 I was contracted to perform the role of 'product manager' of LearnDog for one year.  The plan was to envision ways a media company could help kids through recognition.  I was also given the challenge to see how far we could push the idea with minimal resources.  That we did and all went well, so well that in our first annual review we decided to keep going for one more school term.  We were so close to recruiting a board, core team and setting up a legal entity that it might have been possible to transition seamlessly from plans to reality.  We nearly made it!

But... even in the Not for Profit sector, money makes the world go around.  Until we get some help setting up legal entities, bank accounts and lots of other administrivia, we are not really in a position to raise funds and pay the bills ourselves.  So, my contract expires today - May 31st and I am already in the midst of finding / doing bits and pieces of work to keep my own bills paid and family fed.

Sadly (since I am a bloke and can't multitask) this means I won't be doing much LearnDog stuff for the forseeable future.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark and the team at Archer College for making the adventure that was the last 14months possible.  There is no way I would have had the courage to step of the 'corporate merry-go-round' without the arrangement we had and the support of the Archer team and you - the community who read this blog.  No matter what happens from here, I will always be grateful for that.

Sniff, sniff, woof, woof. (out but not over)

Fang - Mike Seyfang - LearnDog