On Saturday morning, I’ll be on a plane from London Heathrow to San Francisco to take part in the 2009 IABC World Conference. The prime reason I’m going is because I’m receiving the 2009 Chairman’s Award on Sunday evening, a singular honour for an IABC member which, frankly, I’m thrilled to be getting. You can [...]
Personal Development
Sometimes, if something good happens to you that other people publicly talk about a lot, you really have little option but to talk about it a bit yourself as well, if only to acknowledge that others are saying things. And if you don’t do that, you can run the risk of being considered arrogant or [...]
We call it a CV in the UK but it’s a good start to Robert Scoble’s 18+ tips in If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network. 1. Your blog is your resume. You need one and it needs to have 100 posts on it about what you want to be known for. [...]
So the house move is done and we’re now nicely ensconced in our new place, in the same Wokingham neighbourhood about a quarter mile from our old place. We did the move ourselves rather than hire professional movers. That saved me at least £1,100 (so a powerful incentive). Was it worth it? On balance, yes, [...]
I’ve been thinking about speeding lately. Rather, the consequences of speeding. In April, I was snapped by this speed camera in London doing 34mph in a 30mph limit. I didn’t realize it until a notice of intended prosecution arrived in the mail from the Metropolitan Police about a week later. In the UK, admitting a [...]
A definite highlight of my trip to Chicago last week was a visit to Wrigley Field to see a baseball game. My first ever such visit took me to the home of the Chicago Cubs to see them play the Baltimore Orioles. As you may imagine, an Englishman watching a baseball game in America without [...]
Or more precisely, with Qwitter, a neat idea from TobaccoFreeFlorida, an advocacy group in that US state dedicated to raising awareness of health and other issues related to smoking. Note I didn’t say this group is anti smoking. It is, of course, but its overall message is quite subtle: This movement seeks to provoke reactions [...]
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