A friend reminded me of this piece recently, so I thought I’d share it with those of you who have just found dh.org. I wrote this in 2004 after seeing Scum for the first time and it struck me how much simpler “prison rules” were than “corporate rules”. It is of course tongue in [...]

I’ve worked in two companies now where the idea of a blog has been mooted. I think corporate blogs are, on the whole, a terrible idea.
Unless genuinely written by an employee (who says it has to be an executive after all) with ability, charisma and genuine interest in blogging they are going to be shallow [...]

Samuel Johnson said “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
Well, I was starting to become tired of London when I was working there; experiencing too much of the tedious, overcrowded public transport, side of London and not enough of the [...]

Friday was my last day at American Express and it was a very, very good day but also a sad day.
One of the things I wanted during my notice period was to do for one last time the things that I had enjoyed about London. One was eating dim sum; I’d never eaten dim sum [...]

A great guide from Jeff Veen; I’ve seen Jeff present and he is a very good speaker indeed.
Something I’d add to this is to keep the information on your slides to a minimum. People are there to hear you talk; not to read ten bullet points and a paragraph long title per slide.

I’ve just got back from the first day of @Media 2006 and whilst I really enjoyed it, it wasn’t quite as good for me as 2005.
A quick history lesson will help explain why 2006 would never be the same for me as 2005. You see, whilst this year is shaping up to be a great [...]