Can it really be EIGHT YEARS since Pamie started her annual Valentine’s Day poem ritual? We nerds sure are getting old. Anyway, here’s the crop for 2006. My favourite:
Take me home, Valentine.
I need to push myself into you, crawl into your skin, and be as close to one as we can be. I want to […]
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Forgive me if I sound, well, like a recruiter, but…
The company I work for, Latitude, is the UK’s largest and most successful search engine marketing company. We’ve been on a recruitment drive to double our workforce since September, and we’re now up to more than fifty people in three offices in the UK (two in […]
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I can’t believe I used to update my moblog on a weekly basis. Here are some photos from the time between New Year’s in Rome and returning from the US last weekend.
What happens when some dolt tries to drive off with the front wheel of his car clamped? Hint: Camden council isn’t as speedy to […]
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…You’re happy that the nasty, unidentified cold-type bug that you haven’t been able to shake since Christmas waits until the weekend to give its worst, because that way it won’t interfere with any actual work.
…As you dial a friend, you stop to wonder if it’s too late to call (it’s 9PM), then remember that your […]
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Yesterday morning at around 2.30 AM, the Engagement Alliance was born.
It’s amazing what you can get done with the help of a fantastically talented designer and techie. The one in my life, who I use constantly for Latitude work (both online and print), is Henry St Luc of headsocks.net. I’ve dealt with Henry for nearly […]
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Thank you, Miss Martha Stewart.
* Happiness is a choice. You can make that choice today and every day.
* Good health isn’t a gift; it’s a habit you can cultivate.
* Stay connected to the natural world. It will feed your soul. [Barf! But also…probably true.]
* Think more about what you should eat more than what you […]
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If I lived alone, I would get a lot more done. Specifically, I would get a lot more reading done. Right now, I’ve got about twelve books on the go, which is stupid under any circumstances, but more so when you can’t just come home, have oatmeal for dinner, and spend the rest of the […]
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Man, I wish I was at Demo. Or at least I did until I read this:
After an evening and morning at DEMO in Phoenix, my only observation is:
Great companies. Too bad there is no Internet access here so that we can write about them.
No access in the hotel rooms, no access in the main […]
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Judy Breck’s education blog is fantastic - one for the blogroll. And this post is applicable to both work and education, showing why the ‘Renaissance individual’ aim of schools - while a good intention - leads to the place that a lot of good intentions do: Instead of focusing on the areas where children show […]
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This wonderful, must-read piece about risk aversion regards the development of products and services, but it also applies to each human life.
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This comment from Jeff Jarvis’s Buzzmachine is just awesome. I’m not actually a huge Wal Mart fan - Super-KMart is way superior - but agree totally with this:
So Wal Mart sucks. And Craig is a dirty capitalist. Bravo guys.
As a New Orleans native and Katrina victim all I can say is thank God for Wal […]
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I used to work with the Big Blog Company, and now the demand for their services is so high that they need to make several key technical and training hires. I totally take some credit for that need (only some, though). Apply today!
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I’ve enjoyed Joanne Jacobs’ education blog for the few years that have passed since I discovered it. So I was eager to read her new book, Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the School That Beat the Odds. I had Amazon deliver my copy to my dad’s house in […]
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I owe so many people email and phone calls, it’s not even funny. But: I’m in jet lag hell, at the approach to what will be a brutal week. Plus, I’m traveling for work from 6 tomorrow morning and not getting home until Wednesday. So if you really need to get hold of me - […]
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