Business Bricks

Comments are open¹. Let’s build a list². Like I said a month ago, one of my uncurrent nonprojects is to start a physical coworking space in Brighton. But, to stop this blog getting too Brighton centric, how about we build a quick list in the comments of similar³ physical places elsewhere in the UK?

¹If you have time, include a postcode, and why you think the place is great or not great. Self-publicity is ok, as long as you state who you are.
²Other build-a-list posts we’ve done include your lists of Google AdWords cheats (9), non-clone high sts (18), start-up reading (13), fast cities (47).
³By similar I mean anyplace where you can work on an ad hoc, informal basis if you’re a small business owner, freelancer, independent. Cafes with wifi are includable, for e.g.

PowerPoint Is Evil by Edward R. Tufte (1): “Imagine a widely used and expensive prescription drug that promised to make us beautiful but didn’t.”

Tufte’s 24 page pamphlet, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, presented here in the form of a .ppt presentation (2)

The Takahashi Method (3)
Basically king-size your text

A how-not-to PDF from Seth Godin (4) called Really Bad PowerPoint

and a how-to .ppt file from Tom Peters (5)

Jeffrey Veen’s 7 steps (6)
tell stories
show pictures
don’t apologize
start strong
end strong too
stand
and, er, pause

At YouTube, Guy Kawasaki and his 10:20:30 Presentation Rule (7)

and Russell Davies and his 5 things about PowerPoint (8)

O’Reilly Network compares Keynote (a Mac-only app) vs PowerPoint (9)

The PowerPoint FAQ list (10)

A great magazine is one which invents its own readership by Brian Dillon. For magazine sub what it is you do, and for readership sub customers.