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Thoughts from 2020

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December 2020

31 December 2020953 words
Filed in Filed inLast month...
Themes: random stuff

More fire alarms and more jobs news. Let’s go round again…

Hindsight

29 December 2020469 words
Filed in Filed inObservations
Themes: philosophical

You only have one life. Why wish it away?

November 2020

30 November 20201,465 words
Filed in Filed inLast month...
Themes: random stuff

No smoke without fire, but fire alarms a-plenty. And the usual job news.

The yellow* rose of Metro

18 November 20201,072 words
Filed in Filed inObservations
Themes: design, transport

Down a design rabbit hole, without a map or safety harness. And the rose isn’t even yellow.

A week in the life

8 November 20201,862 words
Filed in Filed inDiary
Themes: philosophical, politics, random stuff, work

Something always happens, even when nothing is happening.

Minutiae

25 October 2020289 words
Filed in Filed inDiary
Themes: philosophical

It’s the little things that count.

Interview crisis comms pop quiz

8 October 2020817 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: crisis comms, work

It’s 4pm on a Friday, and the phone goes… what do you do?

CIPR Elections: Back to the future…

6 October 2020335 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: CIPR

Time for a new Council as well as President-Elect. For the first time in a long time I’m not standing.

Mixed messages

23 September 2020570 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: crisis comms, health

If ever there was a time for clear and simple messaging, this is it. And yet…

Image: extract of updated MetroTrain map

Old dog, older tricks

6 September 2020449 words
Filed in Filed inDiary
Themes: design, learning, mapping, philosophical

I’ve done some good stuff in the past. Perhaps I ought to make more of that?

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