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So UserWorld has been and gone, and I can get back to my golf now!! Ho ho. Being serious, I was very happy with many parts of UserWorld and think the whole thing went well, but you can always spot ways that you can improve things next time round - which is planned to be May next year in Nice. One thing is that it will be a week later - week of 25th May - and hence won't clash with my birthday, so there's a major step forwards!

If you attended UserWorld and have some comments on what was good / what was bad, please contact me via this blog or direct via email (peter_armstrong@bmc.com). If you couldn't attend for some reason we can change, or didn't think the agenda was right or whatever, please let me know.

Now, let's talk about the really important stuff in life - golf. I am thinking of starting up a company called Golf bags that actually fit properly on golf trolleys.com. Why? I have a golf trolley from a very well-known company. I also bought a golf bag from the same company as my old one was falling apart (the zips always break - another complaint) and I had naively assumed that the bag would fit on the trolley. Nope. Wallows around like a jelly (jello for US readers I think). As an engineer, it really does not stirke me as particularly difficult to come up with a design that works. Anyone want to join in my new venture?

The other thing we would sell is personalised golf balls. You send us a picture of the person you most hate via the Internet and we send you back a dozen balls with their picture printed on them. Now go and have some fun. I'll take a box of the Blairs (they come in mixed his and hers), a box of the Gordon Browns, a box of the Mugabes, a box of the .....

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tags: Golf | UserWorld

Tuesday, June 03, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)

Golf, IT and business

Posted by Jan Flodin at 2008-06-06 09:11

The problem you have by fitting the golf bag on the trolley to me seems like the problems IT industry have with fitting anything together - namely a lack of decently working standards.
The bad zippers are most likely the only way for golf bag producers to have you buy a new bag every second year - fashion alone will not make a true golfer change his bag, but maybe as more and more women starts playing?

Finally your idea with golf balls must be a sure hit. Not only will many people buy for their own usage, but I'm sure it will be "the gift for the man who has everything" - which in fact most golfers have so the market is perfectly adressed. Do you need an investor?