Bill Dobie
@wfdobie.bsky.social
Determined optimist, entrepreneur, long lapsed programmer. Building web servers for email to digitise global trade.
Londoner 🇬🇧 🏳️🌈 by way of 🇨🇦. Just musing here.
https://the.fotoapp.co/wfdobie
Londoner 🇬🇧 🏳️🌈 by way of 🇨🇦. Just musing here.
https://the.fotoapp.co/wfdobie
The cat is making sure I know it’s gotten cold today in London. #catsofbluesky #ukcold
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The cat is making sure I know it’s gotten cold today in London. #catsofbluesky #ukcold
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We’ve been growing our business in Greece a lot lately (acquisition and organic). There’s so much I appreciate about the relationship based approach to business here and its long term nature. So many positive flows. Huge thanks to the British Ambassodor and his team in #Athens for hosting us. 🇬🇷 🇬🇧
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We’ve been growing our business in Greece a lot lately (acquisition and organic). There’s so much I appreciate about the relationship based approach to business here and its long term nature. So many positive flows. Huge thanks to the British Ambassodor and his team in #Athens for hosting us. 🇬🇷 🇬🇧
I get sucked into the big hotel chains just due to scale of travel but in Antwerp I always get a lovely respite from that by staying at the truly unique Hotel Julien. 🇧🇪
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I get sucked into the big hotel chains just due to scale of travel but in Antwerp I always get a lovely respite from that by staying at the truly unique Hotel Julien. 🇧🇪
Annually a customer invites us to their customer party and it’s in northwestern Germany. It’s a lovely part of the world and I’m appreciative to be included. They throw the party in their own shipyard and they do it up right. #bbcchartering #maritime #shipping #shipyard
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Annually a customer invites us to their customer party and it’s in northwestern Germany. It’s a lovely part of the world and I’m appreciative to be included. They throw the party in their own shipyard and they do it up right. #bbcchartering #maritime #shipping #shipyard
After Storm Amy, lovely Sunday morning in London (although all we really had was wind).
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
After Storm Amy, lovely Sunday morning in London (although all we really had was wind).
Love these autumn sunsets, feels colder out too than it is. I like it.
September 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Love these autumn sunsets, feels colder out too than it is. I like it.
Tiring, but not a bad 12 hours all things considered!
September 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Tiring, but not a bad 12 hours all things considered!
TFW I'll fly in and out to any European city for some quick meetings in one day seems a great idea until you're up at 4AM getting ready for the taxi ride to London City. Today will be powered by coffee x2.
September 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
TFW I'll fly in and out to any European city for some quick meetings in one day seems a great idea until you're up at 4AM getting ready for the taxi ride to London City. Today will be powered by coffee x2.
A few shots from a wander around New York yesterday. The autumn here is always lovely and if you look up it doesn't feel as hopeless as the world seems to be these days.
September 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A few shots from a wander around New York yesterday. The autumn here is always lovely and if you look up it doesn't feel as hopeless as the world seems to be these days.
Just for a New York minute.
September 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Just for a New York minute.
I just can’t even bring myself to hope, but wow it’s a lovely morning here in London so it could be a great day.
August 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I just can’t even bring myself to hope, but wow it’s a lovely morning here in London so it could be a great day.
August 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I really like a rainy London summer day.
July 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I really like a rainy London summer day.
Oh dear, this mini sausage roll was way too tasty. This could become a dangerous habit on my walks around Chelsea.
July 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oh dear, this mini sausage roll was way too tasty. This could become a dangerous habit on my walks around Chelsea.
Oslo in summer is something special. Shout out to the pride everywhere for June (including the bench in front of the cathedral).
June 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Oslo in summer is something special. Shout out to the pride everywhere for June (including the bench in front of the cathedral).
The amount of enterprise $$$ to try to get business workflows out of email is the biggest IT budget sinkhole of the last 25 years. The more time on the problem the more I'm sure the way out is through, but most of all the monopoly of Microsoft Outlook halted solving a problem that can be fixed.
June 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The amount of enterprise $$$ to try to get business workflows out of email is the biggest IT budget sinkhole of the last 25 years. The more time on the problem the more I'm sure the way out is through, but most of all the monopoly of Microsoft Outlook halted solving a problem that can be fixed.
That dark sky rolling in as I waited for my connecting flight last night should've been enough warning that many flights were about to get cancelled. Anyways I'm in Denver.
May 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
That dark sky rolling in as I waited for my connecting flight last night should've been enough warning that many flights were about to get cancelled. Anyways I'm in Denver.
In another life I think I was an Athenian.
May 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In another life I think I was an Athenian.
The get up at 4AM to get to the airport for quick work trips are starting to get to me.
May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The get up at 4AM to get to the airport for quick work trips are starting to get to me.
24 hours in #Athens again. Love the architectural diversity in the new construction across the city. New business goal may include storing my classic cars in my office lobby 😊 🇬🇷.
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
24 hours in #Athens again. Love the architectural diversity in the new construction across the city. New business goal may include storing my classic cars in my office lobby 😊 🇬🇷.
April 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM