Ah, the joys of telecommuting. I could not cope with working at home all of the time, but I do enjoy the flexibility it gives you every now and then. I am sure telecommuting will change a lot once virtual presence technology has matured and is widely available (this will require more powerful computers). Until …
Category Archives: Work
Early morning ice skating and the dreaded lurgy
I had to take a day off sick yesterday, felt really rough and knew I would not be able to focus on work. My current client and project allows me to work at home on Fridays, which is great as firstly, you can generally get a lot more work done as you get fewer interruptions …
A week in Swansea
I moved onto a new client this week, based in Swansea (the obvious guess applies). There is already a large and well established team there from several companies working in some degree of harmony. I was originally expecting to benefit from a couple of weeks handover from my predecessor but as it turned out, this …
Training
I attended an internal training course for a couple of days last week. I had been trying to get on this course for months, but client priorities kept meaning I could not attend. I had heard good things about the training from those who had gone before.
My car’s broken
My company car suffered an impact from some road debris. It has been taken away for repair and I have a hire-car from Hertz, a Golf, to live with until mine returns.
Work life goes on
Had to leave a project I have been working on since November a little earlier than planned because of me losing it a bit with someone. Need to fix my head a bit. Not great times for me.
New opportunities
I found out on my return from holiday that I shall be rolling off my current project within a couple of months. I had originally expected to be around until at least the end of the year, but a reorganisation of the project and a desire by the client to take on much more themselves …
break over
I have had a really nice break from work, mostly resisting the temptation to deal with emails and respond to texts and voice mails. I am looking forward to returning to work tomorrow though as I always hate leaving things in mid flight. It is not so much that I do not trust others as …
Yet another snowy day
I suspect everyone in the UK had some kind of snow story over the last week. I am pleased to report that nothing bad happened to me.
Strange hotel
A Japanese hotel has become popular with some of my colleagues, but I don’t fit the rooms.