I’m reading Get Some Head Space by Andy Puddicombe at the moment. It’s about learning how to meditate. A distant colleague suggested it might be a useful thing for me to do, learn how to meditate that is rather then read the book. She is distant as in distance. I’m only a quarter of the … Continue reading Business as a motorway
Things to think about when making species un-extinct No.2
In the first part of this piece I raised the topic of bringing extinct species back to life, making such things as Tasmanian Tigers and Gastric Brooding Frogs un-extinct through DNA sequencing and clever artificial fertilisation techniques. Outside of any ethical and difficulty questions there were a couple of points that I thought were worth … Continue reading Things to think about when making species un-extinct No.2
Guerrilla working
Modern ways of working became flexible working which begat agile working. Yet decades later we’re still stuck with much of the rigid office format that we were supposed to leave behind. Yes there is now more open plan with less restricting walls yet glass partitions still mark out the work pens from the communal spaces. … Continue reading Guerrilla working
Dog walking with a difference
I’d been thinking about this little spoof tale (no pun intended) since last summer when I heard this article on BBC Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ entitled ‘Would you borrow someone else’s dog?’ It was a piece about borrowmydoggy.com who find great local friends for your doggy. They match doggy owners with local borrowers for … Continue reading Dog walking with a difference
Considering humans in design
There is a little patch of grass at the end of our street. It sits between the end of our road and Coopies Lane which runs past the train station and up to the industrial estate. It’s a bit no no-man’s land that was actually at the end of the old Blyth and Tyne railway … Continue reading Considering humans in design
Amongst the Phlebophiles
It was time to give blood again this week and I spent Sunday afternoon surrounded by phlebophiles (it’s a made up word meaning vein-lovers but it sounds scientific enough). I’m four pints further on from the last time I blogged about giving and with 26 pints I’m well into silver badge territory but still a … Continue reading Amongst the Phlebophiles
Palliative customer service
I deal with one of the big banks. I rely upon them to handle all of my financial transactions such as paying my bills and keeping my cash safe. For this pleasure I pay them a monthly fee and a chunk of interest when asked for. In the main their service is very good and … Continue reading Palliative customer service
Feeling hot?
Feeling hot? We shouldn't complain should we but we're just not used to it in this country. As soon as the thermometer nudges the high twenties we start to melt. It's different when we’re on holiday but it is so hard to stay focussed in the heat. But don’t worry, your problems are over. Now … Continue reading Feeling hot?
Blog saturation point
I’m starting to think that I am suffering from a new phenomenon, one that is new to me at least. It might even be a syndrome, a medical mystery. I have dubbed it as reaching ‘Blog Saturation Point’. I’m sure it must affect all bloggers at some time or other and its symptoms are quite … Continue reading Blog saturation point
Now there’s not one toad but two
There is a difference between a frog and a toad but as I’m lying on my back on a rug on the grass and the thermometer is nudging thirty I really cannot muster the enthusiasm to go and find out what it is. Up above me the swifts are drawing patterns in the sky with … Continue reading Now there’s not one toad but two
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 