If there is one thing that the last two years have reinforced for me, it’s that I’m inherently an introvert. My wife can’t understand this. “But you go on stage and do talks and go to networking events. You’re an extrovert.” But these aren’t the same things. On stage, speaking or hosting, is a way … Continue reading Introversion
This week I have learned: just when you thought the politics couldn't get any more contemptible, we have a crack down on train announcementsthat progress comes when you devolve powerthat I'm exploring the joy of the Amen break again"it's bad" doesn't universally motivatepressure exerts in strange waysa next level of bread making Next week: consolidation … Continue reading Weeknote 567 – signs of momentum
Do you remember when the fax machine ended? No? No, neither do I. I remember having to scrabble around with a PC that still had a modem in it back in around 2011 to send a fax as part of a mortgage application. I remember around the same time receiving someone else's details in a … Continue reading The end of phone
This week I have learned: at last someone has engaged with my SAE project. The long burn...introductions from trusted friends are always good. A new set of Priorities cards - provisionally entitled Inclusion Priorities - are on their way.and another set, with a chance to work with a big software company to play some games … Continue reading Weeknote 566 – delayed gratification
The history of industrialization is a history of finding scale. Automation of processes so that capital investment in machinery could lead to increased productivity that would, in turn, deliver a return on the capital investment through cheaper to produce, better quality, higher volume goods. The "build it for the exit" model of digital business has … Continue reading Minimum Viable Volume
This week I have learned: that PlayCards need to take another pivot - either to a new format, a new publishing route, or into gentle retirementthat resilience is just another way of saying "don't burst into tears"that negotiation "hardball" necessitates having a very good understanding of the other sides' perspective for risk of finding that … Continue reading Weeknote 565: back to it
"So with that, here’s to 2021. Hopefully a year that is a bit less tiring than the one we are seeing out." Oh such optimism I had back at this time last year. Of course, as it panned out, 2021 has probably been even more exhausting than the year it proceeded. Partly the global stuff … Continue reading Yearnote 2021
This week I have learned: I need a breakThat shortbread is categorically the best biscuitThe value of a business caseThat the "constant disaster movie" vibe is getting very tiringSchadenfreude may be all we have in politics these daysWatford's longest clean sheet run comes from a viral infectionThere's always space for another Drum machine Next week: … Continue reading Weeknote 564: no “L”
This week I have learned: that I bought a lot of books this yearthat we could replace Powerpoint with Interpretative Dancethat writing lists helpsthat I think everyone probably is in need of a bit of a breakthat it's nice to be on someone else's podcastthat there's something special about hardware synthsthat John Wilshire makes lovely … Continue reading Weeknote 563 – the medium of dance
In the last 12 months I've bought 35 books... and have remarkably read a fair proportion of them. Here's the list (and what I thought about them...). Not all of the books were published in 2021. Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World Jevin D. West & Carl T. BergstromThis was a … Continue reading 2021 Bookshelf
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