Notes from the coalface
Thoughts from a life helping deliver great projects
TGIF: Think of a Good Idea for the Friday retro
TGIF Or in my world: that moment of panic when you have to quickly Think of a Good Idea for the Friday retro. I have a
The dark side of Amazon search
I hate Amazon search.It just doesn’t work. You search for a specific thing.And it brings you back related, but unhelpful, other stuff.You can’t even exclude things
Undocumented tomato feature
PSA: reading this post may make you immediately go and check your tomatoes for a little-known feature I’m about to reveal… In hindsight, I was always
British manners and ChatGPT
The British queue. We say sorry to inanimate objects we bump into.We say our pleases and thank yous.Even to ChatGPT (other AI tools are available). I do
The super-skinny
I have a confession. It’s a hard thing to admit in public. Almost heresy. But it’s true. [Deep breath] I’ve fallen out of love with the MVP. In principle,
Aubergine
My Mum loathes aubergine. And spinach. They’re too new-fangled for her. This from a woman who’s eaten all sorts of things in her extensive travels across the
Men in lycra on bikes
Men in lycra on bikes. Laminated flexible plastics. Two things that should strike fear into the heart of any right-minded, reasonably green person. But for once,
Give yourself a gift: do less today
Be honest, when do you do your best work?When you’re trying to do a million things at once? Or when you’re able to focus your attention
Planned uncertainty
I love an oxymoron. My current favourite is ‘planned uncertainty’. Yeah, I know. How can you possibly plan when things are unknown, uncertain? But you can. You
Everything is tech
Are you sitting reading this, coffee in one hand, phone in the other, thinking “I don’t do tech”? And yet you’ve got a fantastic piece of
It’s all been a gorgeous mistake
I’m still musing on the late, great Sinead O’Connor’s back catalogue. So many fantastic lyrics. But one stood out for me: It’s all been a gorgeous
When did you last accidentally wear something inside out or back-to-front?
Last week, just as my day was finishing, I realised I’d had my top on inside out all day.I’d had several video calls. Even a