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This week I have learned: the value of shared experiences, even if separated by place and time. that a period of calm can be interrupted with a tsunami of activity. Thursday was calm right up until about 4pm. when I get an invite to look at a new piece of software it's now often totally … Continue reading Weeknote 801: connecting

This week I have learned: When push comes to shove, there are few better ways to solve a problem than to ask someone else. A problem shared, etc.It felt like my 800th weeknote should be somehow celebrated. I asked. And a few people suggested. In particular, Rishi Dastidar suggested I should compile a list of … Continue reading Weeknote 800: EIGHT HUNDRED!

This week I have learned: the enjoyment to be had at a marathon. Assuming that you're doing the baggage, rather than running 26.2 miles which, from the look of it, looks like a laudable aim but bloody painful. Doing the baggage at the Kew RunFest is the closest I'll come to doing a marathon, especially … Continue reading Weeknote 798: marathon not a sprint

This week I have learned: how important procrastination is in the creative process, but how fearful people are of it. A fascinating discussion which happened at Kev Molloy's wonderful Social (Media) Mixer this week. The Protestant Work Ethic is strong, and if we are not all pumping out stuff like machines, then we feel guilty. … Continue reading Weeknote 797: Procrastination

This week I have learned: Spent a glorious weekend in the Cotswolds. Spending time with friends is so important. Meeting booths in offices have often been designed for a different era. The one I used this week in a client's office had a wedge "seat" in the wall, perpendicular to a shelf that was slightly … Continue reading Weeknote 796: decisions

This week I have learned: How much people fear giving feedback. It's a key work skill, and so few people have ever been trained in how to do it effectively. Quite how loud an MRI scanner is. Nothing serious, but had my first scan last weekend. I imagined myself in the docking scene from 2001. … Continue reading Weeknote 795: feedback

This week I have learned: Some weeks are just hard. This was one of those weeks. Travel, emotional drain, the anticipation of eldest's GCSE results. And I only had four days off actual work. Monday was a day touristing in London. I maintain it's important to tourist your own town every so often so you … Continue reading Weeknote 794: new seasons

This week I have learned: for the last few years we've been on holiday, returning at the end of August. It's strange this year to be back just as everyone else is heading off. Not sure I like it. the Black Forest is a beautiful place, but it's geared for winter. 32 degrees plus (and … Continue reading Weeknote 793: back to it