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You've found the personal website of Geoff Nairn, freelance journalist. But the creative juices have temporarily dried up so please excuse the threadbare appearance.
Who is Geoff?
Geoff Nairn has been writing about the technology business for nearly two decades. He has been working remotely long before it was fashionable to do so and has been living in San Sebastian in northern Spain with his family since 1996. Previously he lived in Turin, Italy and prior to that in London, UK.
What does he write about?
F or many years, Geoff has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times, writing on IT, telecoms and a broad spectrum of other topics ranging from management consultancy and risk management through to wind energy and widgets.
More recently he has take up contract writing, producing reports for the likes of the Economist Intelligence Unit and commercial organisations, as well as presentations for advertising agencies.
In years gone by, Geoff wrote countless articles for a wide range of specialised publications, including Financial News, Global Telecoms Business, Computing and Design News.
During his time living in Italy, he worked as the Italian correspondent for Communications Week International and learnt how to eat spaghetti with only a fork. He also worked briefly for Olivetti, a once shining star in Europe's tech industry that sadly is with us no more.
His journalist career began unusually with a holiday to Haiti in 1986, where he covered the flight of dicator Jean-Claude Duvalier for a London-based newspaper. Despite the demise of the Duvalier regime, Haiti is in a pretty much the same pitiful state as it was back then. Plus ça change.
What about online?
Traditional print publishing has had its day, many say. The internet makes possible radically new ways of delivering information and Geoff was quick to spot the new medium's potential. In the 1990s he began contributing content for pioneering online initiatives such as Techweb and the Times Online.
The momentum behind online publishing has recently gathered much more force and Geoff now devotes an increasing amount of his effort to writing for the brave new Online world.
Typical of this new phenomenon is EngagingChina, a website that Geoff has created to help western businesses understand China's new economy.
There are plenty of sites that write about China, but in their enthusiasm to describe this fascinating country, readers risk not seeing the wood for the trees. The focus of EngagingChina is strategy, pure and simple.
The site has been active since June 2006 and built a respectable audience in the blogosphere. Due to the growing demands on Geoff's time, EngagingChina has been put on pause temporarily but will be back soon.
Geoff is also working couple of other online projects, one on cloud computing and the other on environmental/sustainability issues. Neither is at a stage where its yet to go live but get in touch if you want more info.
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How do I contact Geoff?
If you have a query about EngagingChina, then the address is:
All other enquries should go to:
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