A few years ago, I sat down at a bridge club in Liverpool and was introduced to one of my opponents as, “‘So and so’… who was a national champion 30 years ago.” In reply he said, “It’s a lot harder to lose a reputation than to get one.” Now for me, that’s something worth thinking
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Receive my weekly posts DIRECT to your chosen email box. Click 'Join Here' It's really easy to sign up & your email is safe so you won't be spammed - I respect your privacy. I can say now, that it is “traditional”, being New Year’s day tomorrow, for me to give you a heads up on the highlights of this year’s articles here at iBridge Player. I suppose I have to admit that I was a little surprised how popular posts about new products were. I reviewed some great ones including I’ve been noting that very few of the people who write comments on my blog have a Gravatar. Hmmm!! I see it as part of my job to drag the child, which is the bridge community, kicking and screaming out of the 20th century into the present day. So read on and then implement what I say! Whilst Go into any room of people and say: “Tell me what you know about Karpov or Kasparov“, and the chances are you will get a fairly informed response from most. The fact of the matter is, charismatic individuals are what we seek and try to identify ourselves with. They fascinate us, draw us to them, inspire us, What do you really need to do in order to improve your Bridge as fast as possible? Do you study by reading too many Bridge books? I remember when I started playing Bridge. I was self-study-obsessed and read books like there was no tomorrow. Why? Because I didn’t want to let my Bridge partner down, or to Imagine for a moment that it is Christmas day and you are unwrapping presents. A bottle of scent, a pair of socks, a box of chocolates, another book… on Bridge conventions , smiles all round – just what you always wanted… again.
Just what you've always wanted… again Now imagine this as a present: Are you enjoying the Bridge & Business series? – the stats indicate, ‘not really’. Consequently, I have delayed this last B & B part 4 so as not to turn too many of you way (gulp!)… Perhaps the series has been a bit too serious. Perhaps just plain too irrelevant. But, whatever you do in life, even iBridge Player blog has just past it’s first birthday!!! Hip Hip… Hooray!! I took a holiday this past week and had a chance to think back on the year… what a journey it has been. So there I was in the beautiful Lake District, in the North West of England: You can see one of the jumping It is a fairly expensive business getting a developer to create a Bridge application for use on iphones and ipads. So I was curious to have a look at what is available out there.
Contract Bridge apps for iphone and ipad App #1. So many “Contract Bridge” books have reviews like this: Alternatively, one reads book reviews that are basically a cut and past ‘blow of the trumpet’ from the inside cover of the |
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