Category: Weeknotes

This week I have learned: - the world of books is beautifully archaic - graduates really do look ridiculously young these days - it's time to make decisions Next week: engage.

This week I have learned: I find it difficult to see an unwillingness to work openly as much more than deep-rooted paranoia. It's also difficult to tell if they are actually out to get you. I'm not sure that camouflage fatigues are really appropriate office wear for the middle-aged man. The larger the organization, the more the … Continue reading Weeknote 317: schadenfreude

This week I have learned: complexity multiplies with connections... ...but a good connection can simplify remarkably quickly corporates can just be so dumb sometimes I have a publishing offer... ...so now it's time to find a few more Next week: a day of exploration, and another birthday. The end of my early 40s.

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

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: 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