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Sunday, November 9th, 2008 76 views
Yesterday I read Don Tapscott's brilliant article in the Guardian. (He was the guy who wrote the excellent book, Wikinomics). It helped me feel that I wasn't being unreasonable in wanting to find somewhere where "work" really could be "fun". Hey, there is a whole generation of people who think ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008 135 views
I have been very lucky throughout my working life to have worked for some excellent managers.
Right the way back to the various managers I had when working in the book trade all those years ago, who gave me the scope and freedom to do everything from establishing new branches to ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 124 views
Here are some photos I took when in Seattle last week.Â
[caption id="attachment_78" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The first Starbucks store in the world"][/caption]
The Starbucks store was tiny, no seating and of course quite crowded with tourists.Â
It is in the historic Pike Street Market area, which is on the waterside. Because its a ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008 138 views
Ah.......... a bank holiday weekend (= public holiday for you Aussie readers). And no better way to start it than with a curry, beer and dvd. No particular plans for it, just relaxing, reading, playing with giz and pip, driving sdf to Bromley - she wants to test out her ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008 135 views
Things seem on the whole to be working out well in the new job - except that after 10 days (no, I'm not joking), I'm still waiting for an external email address. And yes, I am part of IT.
I find this quite amusing, and pointed out to the help desk ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 114 views
Second day in the new job and yep, I'm loving it. (Phew!) I only wish I felt less ill - typical, I spend a month off work and feel fine, and then.........
Anyway, I've had a good look on the corporate Intranet and couldn't find any rules about blogging, so figure ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 122 views
like the fool I am and I'll always be, I've got a dream..........
The new job starts tomorrow and I've got a really good feeling about it - but yes, I know I've said that before. This time around, I think my role is clearer and I know they have loads ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008 199 views
A big, big thank you to my friends and family for your support over the past few weeks while I've been between jobs. It certainly kept me going and made the waiting easier to cope with. Even Hector phoned me yesterday to see how I was getting on (and he ...
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 196 views
Well, after several interviews it is looking like I am going to have to decide between two very good web-related jobs, each with highly respected blue chip companies in central London.
And being a Libran, this is naturally an extremely difficult thing for me to have to do.
I should hear "officially" ...
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Thinking like a net-gener
