Doing Lots of work in the first part of the week, with a Book Club evening on the Tuesday for a good chat and a glass of wine. The second half of the week was spent in Spain, watching formula 1 testing. I stayed in a town near to the circuit instead of in Barcelona […]
2015 Week Notes 7
Doing It was a pretty quiet week, the only night out was a leaving do for a oolleague at work I had 2 hospital appointments this week, one with the hand physio and one with the consultant, where had an xray to check how things are going. You can see that there is just the […]
2015 Week Notes 6
Activities Two sets of drinks out this week. The first was with my current team, a post meeting big group drinks. It’s good to connect with the team I’m going to be working with for the next 10 months or so in a more social setting. The second is with my old team, a good […]
2015 Week Notes 5
Activities The focus of the week was the operation to get my finger pinned. I fully expected it to be done under a local anaesthetic, but the consultant was amazed it had even been considered. Full general it was, which made it a little difficult to get out as I then needed to find someone […]
2015 Week Notes 4
Activities A big company meeting on Tuesday, with the announcement we’re now a new company (well, sort of). A new name, new partners in the network. Instead of Havas EHS, we’re now Havas Helia. This was followed by a few drinks in the pub for the agency. Instead of sticking around for what I heard […]
2015 week notes 3
Activities I had nothing planned for this week (well, I was supposed to be on holiday), so it was a quiet week apart from work and running. So today I went for lunch at La Trompette, a local restaurant, for a little treat. Reading Although I seem to be reading 4 books concurrently, I’ve only […]
2015 Week Notes 2
Activities A birthday lunch started the week, the buffet brunch at Flesh and Buns is a brilliant value for money deal that they handle very well. A good catch up with Wine Club 😉 Monday was marked by the arrival of new mattress. Considering the previous one was about 20 years old, I was amazed […]
2015 Week Notes 1
Shall we try these week notes again? Let’s see how far into the year we get 🙂 Activities Had the final checkup at the eye hospital following the detached retina last year. Discharged from there, although with warnings that because I now have a high probability of cataracts, I need to have regular opticians checkups. […]
A review of 2014
Before I look ahead, surely it’s time to take a quick look back, even if just for a reminder for myself. For the first time in a few years, I did not set any new year ambitions for 2014. I’d been made redundant and really, was not in the mood! I was focusing on finding […]
2014 – week 7
Reading Assessing moderator impact on communities. If you run a community, you’ll already know this, but communities work better when there is a moderator to manage and cultivate. The year I didn’t retweet men by Anil Dash. An unannounced (and unnoticed) experiment by Dash to only retweet men in 2013. it made his experience better. […]
2014 – week 6
A bit more activity this week Reading The Truth about the luxury of Qatar Airways.Horrible story of Swedish staff of the airline, which seems to treat them like indentured servants with terrible rules and behaviour. Life is a Game. This is your Strategy Guide.By Oliver Emberton. Not a new metaphor, but an interesting take on […]
2014 – week 5
Another quiet week (well, if you call some travel quiet). We’ll have to stop that soon! Reading Life as a Non-Violent Psychopath. A neuroscientist working on brain scans takes a look at his own and how similar it is to psyshopath brains. A great read, and interesting journey of self-discovery. The Day we Lost Atlanta […]
2014 – week 4
Reading Got few a fair bit this week! I really ought to record the books I’m reading too, I only do that occasionally. Gretchen Molannen’s legacy: suffering, suicide and a journalist’s responsibility. A journalist examines if her story contributed to a suicide. about the process of creating a story, about how much responsibility a journalist […]
2014 – Week 3
Reading TV Viewers aren’t thrilled with 2nd screen synchronised content on Variety.com. Well,you don’t say! Only 13% said it made the programme more enjoyable. Let me take a guess. The 2nd screen is usually mobile/tablet, a device that is by it#s nature far more personal than the TV. They’re second screening to connect with their […]
2014 – Week 2
Reading Things learnt from 5 years on The Story by Matt Locke. A great set of things that he has learnt running his The Story Conference, from the need of side-projects, that you have to do things many times to get things right and that things are valued more when paid for with own money […]
2014 – Week 1
It’s a New Year! 2014 is here and has done its best to make its mark with the weather. Reading How to run the perfect marathon by Beer Belly Running. I’m going to be reading a lot more like this as I have no idea what to expect (pain, I know there’ll be pain, but […]
2013 – Week 52
Christmas Week, that weird one (which carries on into next week) where life does not follow normal pattern! Reading Marketers fear the female geek. The cycle of why certain things are aimed at men only and some ideas of how to break the cycle. Putting right the wrong done to Alan Turing by David Allen […]
2013 – Week 51
The year is nearly done. Thoughts turn to plans for 2014, personal, professional, what ambitions will I set myself for the year? Reading Looking outside the Tech Bubble by Rob Underwood. Don’t agree with everything in here about giving back, but at its heart, it’s a call to action to take a look around you […]
2013 – Week 50
An interesting week, with potential for huge changes. But more on that as they crystalise! Reading Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregellis. An interesting Alt-history story, the first in a trilogy. What happens if the Germans had harnessed mental powers in WW2 and what would be the UK response. The Brilliant Hack that brought Foursquare back […]
2013 – Week 49
Reading Odon Childbirth device: Car mechanic uncorks a revolution. A feature about Jorge Odon, a car mechanic from Argentine, who has invented a new device to help with childbirth. What we can learn from fake tears on social media (The Kernal). Why people push their grief onto social media when a celebrity dies. (something you […]