Tag Archives: people

Amazon book reviews and the average reader

I do find it amazing how many book reviews on Amazon claim that the book isn’t for the average reader. To quote from my recent comment on this: I do wonder who this “average” reader is that anyone posting on these feedbacks seems to consider themselves to be above. My guess, and it is no

Natural Photography

Every now and then, I come across someone complaining about the photoshopping of images in the media, particularly magazines, and this is often linked to a demand for natural photography. I am no great fan myself of the plastic look, or bad photo retouching generally (which I am guilty of myself).   It is the

A sad loss

 I attended a funeral yesterday of a good family friend. A mother of five children. She died suddenly a couple of weeks ago aged only 43. Two of her children are university age, the rest are younger. It was heart rendering to see the children at the ceremony. The father was incredibly dignified and presented an

Pluggio – twitter web application

I have recently started using Pluggio to manage several of my Twitter accounts, including my personal account. Pluggio is a relatively new application and was developed by one man, who is now running this small business. There is a lot of competition out there in twitter application land, many of which are free. Pluggio did

Snipping on auctions

eBay is a fantastic place to get bargains (or to be ripped off if not careful) and is especially useful for obtaining things that can not be bought new. The eBay feature that lets you put in your bid limit and then leave it to the system to make sure you always come out on

Swansea Marina

Swansea Originally uploaded by kyber Really enjoyed a break in Swansea last week. I have been working in the area for around a year now, but never had much of a chance to explore the area. My wife joined me for the week and we had a good look around. We also had plenty of

RT @Sheamus I love it when peo…

RT @Sheamus I love it when people tell you that ‘you’ve completely missed the point’, and then go on to completely miss the point.

Matrix management

I have worked with matrix management for many years now, so much so that I am surprised by others not used to its complexities and confusions. I do find it strange though in my part of IBM how I can be directly responsible for eight staff who I have never met, do not work with,

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RT @HW_L RT @quotegarden: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~Alice Walker

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