Archive for January, 2006


Tokyo : Day 1

My flight was very good. I only watched two films as the film selection was rather uninspiring: 40 Year Old Virgin (6 out of 10) and Mr and Mrs Smith (5 out of 10).

We arrived at our hotel early afternoon on Saturday and decided to have a few hours sleep and then to head [...]

Tokyo : Day 0

OK so I’m on my way to Tokyo – I’m currently sitting in the Virgin Clubhouse waiting for my flight to be called.
It’s been a hell of week getting ready for this trip but we are as ready as we’re gonna be I just hope our Japan team is!
With perfect timing I have a cold [...]

I’m Going to Tokyo… No Really I Am

Update : It’s back on… I’m going to Tokyo at the end of the month.
I have wanted to go to Tokyo for years and now I am!
I don’t travel much for work so to have my employer fly me Upper Class to a dream city is a bit of a treat! OK, so I have [...]

Jonathan Ive CBE

Jonathan Ive, Apple’s design overlord, has been awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours list.
It’s fantastic to see the importance of design being recognised.
Jonathan Ive is responsible (with a little input from Steve Jobs I’m sure) for the iMac, Cube, iBook, Powerbook, Mini and of course the iPod range.
Apple are renown for their industrial [...]