Joe Jackson - Steppin Out I don't know why this song has stuck with me over the years, but it has. Something about it takes me back to the early eighties. 1982 saw the beginning of the football season that would nurture the affection for Watford that has stayed with me ever since. Starting with … Continue reading 1982
Project achievements included: - started the deployment of the new service hours agreements - structuring the post-pilot Google Docs work - starting to get alignment on the global positioning work - company-wide announcements of the London networks project - sponsor identified and approached for the managed print service project Additionally: - coped with a DNS … Continue reading Weeknote 18 – Riding the wave of busy
The Specials - Ghost Town For a three year period in the late 70s and early 80s my parents moved to the Hertfordshire new town of Hatfield. For those of you who haven't been, Hatfield consists of a tudor-era mansion (Hatfield House - the site of Elizabeth I finding out about her succession to the … Continue reading 1981
Last February I made some notes about some technology that I was using at the time. Thought it about time for an update. The biggest change in my information consumption has been the acquisition of an Android phone. Rarely is it used for phone calls, but Google Listen (for podcasts), NewsRob (a view of interesting … Continue reading More current stuff I like…
OK, so here's a shot across the bows of the industry sector I have worked in for much of my career. The contention - that, despite the funny haircuts, oversize glasses and three-quarter length skinny trousers, much of what we describe as the 'creative industry' is inherently conservative and 'creative' only within some very tight … Continue reading How creative?
Just read Chris Anderson's latest article in Wired, and have to say that I'm more than a little confused. He starts by taking statistics about Web (www) traffic proportions that show that, as a proportion of total internet traffic, web browsing is dropping as video and filesharing increases. If this is evidence that Web traffic … Continue reading The Web is Dead?
Joyce - Aldeia de Ogum The first track from the 1980s, and another introduced to me through a Gilles Peterson compilation - this time around, Blue Brazil, a sampler of Brazilian music from the Blue Note label which became a very treasured album for me in the mid-1990s. The Joyce track has one of my … Continue reading 1980
The Real Thing - Can you feel the force? So the last track from the 1970s, and a slice of massive disco/funk. I seem to remember my dad cajoling me into buying this with my pocket money because of the crazy synth intros and stereo effects in the first few seconds. It then goes from … Continue reading 1979
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap The first of two examples in this count up where the number one on my birthday is the choice for the year. Rat Trap was bought on seven-inch vinyl as my eighth birthday present for me by my sister. Well, actually I presume one of my parents bought it … Continue reading 1978
Project achievements included: - signing our network provider contract - facilitating one of the most complex global meetings I've ever done - Mac builds being generated in Casper - big steps towards finalisation our service hours - lifting the mist on our event management web requirements Additionally: - kept a steady ship (mostly) during a … Continue reading Weeknote 17 – five days for the price of four
