The other night on the train a couple of businessmen were talking in the Quiet Carriage. This would normally have unfortunate consequences, but fortunately for them they were talking about something that interested me. At least for part of the journey.
One was Canadian and the other was Indian and they both clearly worked in the same [...]
I love The Poppletonian, Laurie Taylor’s mock university corporate news colum in the Times Higher Education (yes, we’ve lost the Supplement bit). I also love his cast of character including the desperate Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate Affairs, and the hippy-dippy useless Jennifer Doubleday, Head of Personal Development.
I was thrilled when the VC welcomed the [...]
Adapted from Well, Everything has to Start Somewhere on our work blog.
And more than that, to quote Jane Magé (a former boss):
We are where we are, let’s see where we can go from here.
A quote which I find useful for a variety of occasions…
So, we’ve got this Facebook presence - what are we doing with [...]
Writing about http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/tlig/comms/feb08/prog.htm
I went to rather a depressing conference last Wednesday. And it left me feeling like this <=
To cut a long story short I had not chosen wisely. Whilst the topic seemed relevant and appropriate the audience at which it was pitched did not really include me.
The other attendees and the presenters were almost exclusively [...]
Writing about http://caseyleaver.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/red-arrows-daily-mirror-successful-public-affairs/
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7175513.stm
Well, when is an Early Day Motion not an Early Day Motion?
Today David Willets, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills, will put a motion opposing the withdrawal of funding for “equivalent or lower qualification students” to the House of Commons.
We are wondering whether this has led to the [...]
Writing about: http://nationalrail.co.uk/service_bulletins/2fbb279e0a04000200df9a4c7e1c3e28.html
As a non-driver, today I am effectively stranded at home for the second day this week. Yesterday I worked from home and spent the day ridden with guilt at my self-perceived lack of productivity. Clearly going to have to work on that…
Today I have taken ther easier option and am taking [...]
I am taking a more than usually keen interest in Early Day Motions and Number 10 petitions these days.
In fact, last week, for the first time in my life, I wrote to my MP. And of course that entailed finding out the bugger’s name!
(To his credit, he signed the EDM as requested and sent me [...]
Writing about - http://contenthere.blogspot.com/2007/11/facebook-as-your-intranet.html
My colleagues Stuart Brown and Jed Cawthorne have pointed me in the direction of this post, and it certainly chimes with some of the amorphous and ongoing debate going on here.
There’s a lot of tinkering going on using Facebook and a variety of other Web 2.0 tools - but as yet only [...]
I caught part of a rerun of Yes Minister last night….
Hacker: When you give your evidence to the Think Tank, are you going to support my view that the civil service is overmanned and feather-bedded, or not? Yes or no? Straight answer.
Sir Humphrey: Well Minister, if you ask me for a straight answer, then I [...]
