Back at the end of last December I posted about my aim to try and read a different magazine every week. I thought I'd take stock of how I've been getting on. I've been making a real effort to pick up something random from WHSmith every time I go through Kings Cross station, but I've also changed hairdressers … Continue reading A different magazine every week?
Category: Life
Sheep and feigned incompetence
There is a great article by former APG chair Merry Baskin subtitled 'what do account planners do exactly'. My favourite excerpt reads: In general, planners are not very well organised. Tidy minds tend to move in a linear fashion, rather than laterally. And while some may feign incompetence so they don't get stuck delivering proofs to … Continue reading Sheep and feigned incompetence
Why are caravans always white?
I've just got back from an expedition up the A1 and having passed a fair few caravans (including a lot of Romany ones, en route to Appleby Horse Fair), it made me wonder - why are all modern caravans white? There are some obvious reasons, like reflecting sunlight to keep the caravan cool, being visible on … Continue reading Why are caravans always white?
Learned behavior
My horse has got a bad back. So I have to do some simple physio on him before we can go out for a ride, which mainly involves manipulating his legs to stretch his muscles out. He's learned the order this all happens in and gets terribly miffed if I get distracted and miss something … Continue reading Learned behavior
these projects are giving me a rumbling tummy
I’ve been hungry all the time for the past couple of months and I’ve suddenly realized why – my list of recent projects includes chips, bread, cereal, soft drinks and pastries. I’m not quite sure where the pet food and property regeneration projects fit into all this but it certainly explains a few of the … Continue reading these projects are giving me a rumbling tummy
Tweaking the SatNav Curve
I don’t think the adoption curve (innovators, early adopters etc.) is completely accurate anymore - its become a more dynamic model. Take Tom Tom. I suppose I’m an early adaptor/early majority type and I bought into portable sat nav last year after getting lost once too often. After it got me to a city I’d … Continue reading Tweaking the SatNav Curve
Where would you chose to work?
My part of our building is the big, modern open plan bit, which I share with 75 others. I obviously did something wrong in a previous life because the other 100 or so agency bods are happily ensconced in the adjoining mansion (yes, really, with a secret staircase and everything), complete with French windows, original … Continue reading Where would you chose to work?
Can anyone top this?
Client at inter-agency client meeting: “Thank you all for coming today, but there are quite a lot of you and its crowded, so can we just have one person per company and the rest of you can leave”. Yes, it really happened. Can anyone top this?
This is getting ridiculous
I'm nearing the end of a Big Pitch (the fact that most of my recent posts have comprised details of cross-country odysseys might have been a clue). The thing is, I've visited the same town in the South East of England three times in the last couple of months, but have I visited their famous … Continue reading This is getting ridiculous
There is more than one right answer
I wasn't fantastically academic at school. In a year full of Oxbridge candidates and aspiring doctors, lawyers and vets (I went to a Girl's Grammar School), I didn't exactly stand out. But then, according to the school there was only one right answer. Which didn't exactly suit the way my mind works. Its a lot … Continue reading There is more than one right answer