Comments on Jude Calvert-Toulmin: Spawns of Dragons Den

There's constant discussions over on ukbusinessfor...

2008-11-07T08:23:00.000Z

There's constant discussions over on ukbusinessforums if you want to keep up to date with Dragons Den. Some of the former pitchers are on there as fms as well.

What about that water filter for the third world? ...

2008-11-04T02:38:00.000Z

What about that water filter for the third world? Anyone know what happened to that?

anonymous postings are a wasted opportunity for me...

2008-09-17T07:36:00.000+01:00

anonymous postings are a wasted opportunity for me to promote my work as far as im concerned!

there are situations where i think anonymous posting is ok, for example for people living in repressed cultures/countries/societies who are forced into anonymity to seek help in a situation where they would be punished for their posting or for people seeking advice where revealing their identity would hurt others, but generally i don't like anonymous posting.

i especially abhor it when it's used to attack other people or in an attempt to disarm or make other people feel insecure, or question their own judgement. that is mean, spiteful and cowardly, all marks of a true loser, and happens all too frequently on the net. however it's made good material for my novel MY ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE, chuckle.

i've had dealings with some right wankers posting on the net under pseudonyms you know, people i know pretending they're strangers then sneering at me, men pretending they're women and pretending to ask for help (the most pathetic of all) - people forget how small the world is and how fickle people are, people's precious "anonymity" is easily revealed when a confidante's tongue is loosened with a few pints (rolls eyes at the dull stupidity of the supposed machiavellian.)

> Loved the woman wishing Bruce upon his way. The best bit of telly I've seen in a long while.

it was one of those golden documentary moments, when a subject is genuinely emotional and forgets there's a camera there. mind you in this situation i doubt she was intimidated by a camera anyway! a camera isn't going to be a very threatening proposition when she's got nature and weather to contend with...

Well I'm not so much a fan of anonymous postings ...

2008-09-16T20:42:00.000+01:00

Well I'm not so much a fan of anonymous postings hence i leave mine to a picture as this is the ultimate way to pin someone down to their real persona.
Loved the woman wishing Bruce upon his way. The best bit of telly I've seen in a long while.

> Nevertheless it was via DS that I was directed t...

2008-09-16T18:27:00.000+01:00

> Nevertheless it was via DS that I was directed to your ace blog so it isn't all bad!

ha ha ha! you post on DS! fancy that!

oh the book launch wont be for a while yet chimney red, we're still slogging through the editing, it's like wading through treacle. really hoping it will all be done very soon though!

yes DD is not the same without richard farleigh. what a guy.

and yes, watched the first amazon last night, amazing :) i was nearly in tears when that lady was praying for bruce and saying "bye! bye bruce!" and there were tears in her eyes! totally heart wrenching!

Feel it is only right and proper to admit that I d...

2008-09-16T17:10:00.000+01:00

Feel it is only right and proper to admit that I do post on the incendiary digital spy although I wouldn't say I'm narrow minded but agree that it can be an impermeable membrane of narrow minded bigots at times. I may have been guilty of posting whilst pissed and annoyed a few people along the way myself.
Nevertheless it was via DS that I was directed to your ace blog so it isn't all bad!
Good luck with the book launch and thoroughly enjoyed today's blog, Dragon's den isn't the same without him.
Checkout Amazon on BBC2 Tuesdays though, It filled my televisual void.
So it goes!