This week I have learned:
- I tried to keep on going through a virus, but by Monday I was broken. I slept almost the whole day. There were too many important things to get done to stop. But I should have stopped.
- I had mixed feelings on Sunday. Huge pride to see my eldest on TV, part of the Scout contingent for this year’s Remembrance Parade. But disquieted by how that whole event has been politicised in recent years by people who I don’t think actually believe in democracy, let alone the fight against fascism. And my Irish roots make it even harder.
- I have found a new terrifying activity. Sitting in the passenger seat next to a 17-year-old who has had one driving lesson and now thinks they know everything about driving a car. ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!
- I’m reminded of what I think was Don Tapscott’s line back in the late 2000s when Cloud was first happening: Cloud services are like aeroplanes; essentially very safe, but when they do crash, they kill people in batches.
- We forget how unreliable email used to be.
- Another week, another run-through of Random the Workshop. This time with an L&D community. Always nice to get good feedback from trained learning professionals, who can be a hard group to please.
- Good grief, I’m glad I’m no longer responsible for things like email services.
- I’ve found the Brand/Walliams/Huang news this week incredibly depressing. Men who are so entitled that they become totally unaware of their entitlement and then act in ways that I simply fail to comprehend. It’s not all men, but it’s always men.
The week in media:
Saw
- The first bit of Rise of the Rockstar Chefs on iPlayer. Talking of entitled men…
Read
- Finished Joey D’Urso’s More than a Shirt. Recommended. Now onto Niall Williams’ This is Happiness.
Listened
- Some curious stuff on Discover Weekly this week.
Next week:
- Leeds, Watford, London…
The week in photos;
