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Thoughts about the world in general, and the things in it that make me stop and think.

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Recruitment: do as I advertise, not as I do

1 February 2017508 words
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Themes: grumpiness, work

Communications professionals have to deliver on time. Other professionals… not so much, it seems.

A question of ethnicity

14 December 2016440 words
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Themes: family, random stuff

Please tick the box that best approximates… even if none applies.

A phishy tale

18 November 2016440 words
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Themes: grumpiness, technology

How modern technology makes it harder to protect ourselves from fraudsters.

The year we failed to make contacts

16 November 2016431 words
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Themes: technology

Yes! It’s another ‘technology fail’ story…

The lost art of the rejection letter

4 November 2016489 words
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Themes: work

Thoughts on the right, wrong and most-timely ways to let an applicant down.

Off the buses

26 October 2016570 words
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Themes: politics, transport

No service? High fares? That’ll be 30 years of deregulation.

I’m on Instagram?

18 October 2016283 words
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Themes: technology

Well… apparently I am. I don’t remember doing this at all.

Is Nominet using .uk as a cash cow?

16 October 2016629 words
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Themes: grumpiness, technology

Finding and registering the right domain name for yourself, you site or business is not as easy as it should be, thanks to some very odd rules.

Personal and professional ethics

14 October 2016405 words
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Themes: ethics, public relations

A response to a post on Influence.

“We regret to announce…”

20 July 2016343 words
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Themes: grumpiness, transport

Using public transport as a passenger isn’t always as seamless as we transport workers always make out.

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