Author: hkdave95

Where the magic transfers to you.

Healthy Competition

Dear Reader I open with the premise that not all competition is healthy. Some might argue that competition is in fact par for the course when in business and that if you do not like the heat get out of the frying pan, so to speak. I, though, propose that within the boundaries set out…
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Firefox / Warning: Potential Security Risk

Dear Reader I recently had cause to look at the https://www.dar-jader.com site via Firefox web browser and got the above message. It seems the other browsers are “Set up” for the possible “middle man” effect as explained in the following Blog Post. The UNKNOWN_ISSUER message most often indicates there is a “man in the middle”…
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Living mental health (John Durrant)

Dear Reader I would like to thank John Durrant the Blogger and Podcaster for posting my piece as a Blog on his website. https://livingmentalhealth.com/i-am-well-read-no-i-am-well-red-yes He made it known to my business, JADER Ltd, that he needed new tech (a laptop) to conduct his online presence. I am pleased to say, we could help with a…
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Naysayer’s of 2022 beware

How on earth do I get the number 13 from 2022? 2022 / 2  = 1011 = 13 Base 2. So the photograph on this post has been adjusted as a sort of ward to the Naysayers, some would call them mythical beings that say no a lot. Or in Monty python terms a Knight…
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A sign

What has been achieved this past year? My achievements: Built a team around the Buku project which is building j Count® an Accountancy and other products program. Taken JADER Ltd for a walk as a Microsoft Partner. Becoming a better person, no mean feat for someone carrying a diagnosis of Bipolar. Did not have a…
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JADER Ltd – A Not Not for Profit with an Ethos – A UEA Story

A while ago I went to a UEA Global gathering one chilly September in the Red Lion in Norwich, where I met peers both before and after my Time at UEA in 1987 and 2003. I met a woman called Barbara Richards, married to Paul, both of whom were there. I became friends with her,…
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A Friday like any other…

Dear Reader It was last Monday that Joe Lenton arranged to have my photographs shot. He is a good photographer and extremely technically able. Here is one of me (David Robertson) and a motorcycle: He made me feel comfortable and got me to smile which is a hard job for anyone 🙂 So it is…
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Heron House

Yes…Heron House is a bungalow. Heron bungalow does not roll off the tongue quite so well. So Heron House it is. Also what are all these vegetables about the place. Well, growing some vegetables is quite a good idea when you have enough space for them…The fact that I work from home does not mean…
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A novel business concept: Kindness

I call this a novel business concept as I do not think it is prevalent much outside of the 3rd sector. You get companies suing other companies in the name of “it is just business”, whoever wins the settlement is the winner. Or are they. We have business models which emulate the animal kingdom. The…
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Cloud

My name is David A Robertson, at the time of writing this Blog I am 52 and still code 10+ hour days, albeit in an increasingly relaxed way. To the non I.T. person, this must be a mystery. The term Cloud has been getting bandied around for quite some time without many people really knowing…
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