This week I have learned: occasionally events occur that really, truly make you take stock and think about how short this whole thing is. They're not the global political/socio-economic. They're the personal. chance encounters are to be engineered as much as is humanly possible it's all about helping people, ultimately. Next week: the last week … Continue reading Weeknote 315: fragility
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This week I have learned: The deep reward in doing the random stuff that I do is once in a while being thanked for making a difference. That's happened twice in two days. ERP is deeply misunderstood. Still. The Freerangers needs a new injection of attendees. Even though I write (here) habitually, letting The Book … Continue reading Weeknote 313: Leading Edges
This week I have learned: the podcast has already generated some interesting new interest an entity relationship model still has the power to unpick a circumstance quicker than many other methods pipelines are things to be managed by oil companies. Sales is much more like bagatelle don't catch up with a friend for a while … Continue reading Weeknote 312: last of the old guard
This week I have learned: trying to get clever with hardware is all well and good, but if you miss the fundamentals it matters not one jot I've been a Chromebook fan for ages, but since embracing Android apps on ChromeOS a few weeks ago, it's now entering a new phase of fanboidom Chasing numbers … Continue reading Weeknote 311: hiss
This week I have learned: - you know you are getting old when Shadow Ministers look like they've just left college. - problems get solved when people come together. Invariably they are created when people work individually. - the mechanics of the new project are a surprisingly complex example of play and integration of skills … Continue reading Weeknote 310: psychopathic guillotines
This week I have learned: I'm really not going to put up with being told that the reason Brexit won't work is because people who don't support it are talking it down. That's like saying the EU fails because people who didn't like it talked it down. If you honestly think that 37% of the … Continue reading Weeknote 309: Xenophobes
This week I have learned: - Silicon Beach was a wonderful opportunity to hang out with some brilliant minds, some new, some known already. - going back somewhere after a period of rapid change can be a bit parallel universey - we like bundles. Consuming unbundled stuff is a cognitive (over) load. Next week: focus … Continue reading Weeknote 308: the beach
This week I have learned: - I still don't know the collective noun for CIOs Next week: Whitehall - the return leg
This week I have learned: my BBC genes makes me wince at portrait-format video, even if it is Periscope the reason for delay is usually pressure of work, not merely disinterest life is too short to worry unduly about light fittings play. It's important to play. Next week: a few CIO get togethers, and a … Continue reading Weeknote 306: coming together
This week I have learned: stepping back into proper free range working after six months in pseudo-employment is equal parts liberating (woo!) and confusing (where am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to do?) I've spent a lot of effort over the past few years stretching my net There are a few things … Continue reading Weeknote 305: do the hustle
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