Today's coffee companion is someone I worked with at a client in my free range days as Stamp London. We talked about: what we had both been up to since we last met - a number of interesting career diversions for both of us the importance of working for organisations with clear purpose the work … Continue reading 37th of 100
Today's coffee companion helps bring the pirate out in people. We talked about: the wonders of New York City, especially at Christmas how there's more to the Rockefeller Center than the tree the strange history of public art in the place the narcissism of small differences the book The Regenerative Business how usually it's a … Continue reading 36th of 100
Today's coffee companion designs streets. We talked about: East London and the vibrancy of Hackney West London and the verdancy of Bushy Park how Excel is the original low code/no code platform and should be respected as such how most people use it as a database how its surprising that no one has been able … Continue reading 35th of 100
Yesterday's coffee companion is a former colleague from my time at Microsoft. If you haven't heard already, my time at Microsoft wasn't my finest hour. It was lovely to be contacted by someone from those days. We talked about: - the opportunities for global travel that working for a big corporation can give you. - … Continue reading 34th of 100
Today's coffee companion is an L&D consultant, podcaster and QPR fan. We talked about: the delights of non-league football. how there are people who we know who we don't know how we know them (we've known each other for ages through Twitter, but it's the first time we have actually met). how one can go … Continue reading 33rd of 100
This week I have learned: it's really stressful sending something off to print. I had to do a bit of last-minute tweaking on the PlayCards box, and Illustrator is far from intuitive. Thankfully the people at Ludocards were great and sent me photos and video of pre-print copies so that I could get the packaging … Continue reading Weeknote 621: let’s get physical
My coffee companion today joined me via Zoom from the city of Quebec. We talked about the cultural significance of language, and how it identifies communities. We talked about the strange origins of Quebec Sign Language, the product of single-sex religious education. We talked about how many ridiculously diverse dialects exist in the UK, often … Continue reading 32nd of 100
Today I caught up with two former colleagues. We talked about the trials and tribulations of our former places of work. We talked about the use of new technology, data, and ethics. We talked about how things have changed and how we have grown. We talked about the challenge of change in others and in … Continue reading 30th and 31st of 100
We do need to take a break every so often. This week we took youngest son for a few days in Barcelona. It's a wonderful city to mooch around. We saw the Nou Camp, a stadium that makes my beloved Vicarage Road look like a training ground. We went inside the Sagrada Familia. The last … Continue reading Weeknote 620: Barca
This week I have learned: sometimes serendipity comes calling. There is a chance I could get to some some work with someone I want to work with, in a place that I want to visit, in a way that helps a whole bunch of my colleagues. It's a reasonably good chance. Finger's crossed. The #100Coffees … Continue reading Weeknote 619 – still closing
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