The week in a photo...
The week in a photo...
In 2007 my now wife and I got together. When we first met she had a Mazda MX5 and I have delightful memories of driving around with her in that summer listening to Soundboy Rock, the top down on the car, in love. https://open.spotify.com/album/7tRuSfPQNDZ5IbWFS6dNF9?si=6kY0jB9ESl2doFMEFg3GXg You can see the #51for50 project to date here: https://mmitii.mattballantine.com/category/projects/51-for-50/
The week in a photo... Aberdyfi
Coldcut have been a huge part of my musical lIfe, through their performances (playing the Black Beauty theme during a set at Tribal Gathering, four deck wizardry at the 333 in Hoxton, and an amazing night at the Imperial Gardens in the late 1990s are particular fond memories), their recorded music and also the huge … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 2006
The week in a photo... East Wittering
This week I have learned: why they put health and safety notices on the back of product packagingthat I've yet to find a sector where everyone rants and raves about the incumbent industry Line of Business software providersthat maybe all language is metaphorthere are definitely some metaphors where people generally don't understand the original meaning. … Continue reading Weeknote 495 – sticky fingers
After the turmoil of 2004, 2005 quiet frankly got weirder. I started the new job working in management training and as a result found myself commuting great distances to stand up in front of groups of complete strangers to talk about things that I may or may not have had any particular knowledge. Was this … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 2005
This week I have learned: the language that people use in CVs is almost always utter tosh. All one generally learns is how unwilling people are to leave the herd.I feel that I am on the precipice of some really important work.getting people to stop doing things is an underrated part of transformation.I cannot stress … Continue reading Weeknote 494: Changing Tack
People are getting overloaded with meetings. There's no two ways about it. A combination of the lack of informal conversations in office environments plus the ease of organising meetings with online diaries multiplied by there no longer being the limiting factor of "no meeting room available" means that for many of us there is no … Continue reading Back to back
2004 was a really weird year. After eight years at the BBC, I came to realise that I needed a change. I needed to get out before I was institutionalised (even harder that I had a familial relationship with Aunty Beeb because it was where my parents had both worked and met in the 1960s). … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 2004
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