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Putting An End To Torture At Work

This post was first published on my business blog, which I’m closing down now that I’ve retired, so I’m archiving some of the better posts to this blog. Employers quickly learned that when it comes to company cars their employees wanted choice, on-mass employees rejected employers that didn’t provide a...

Working With Microsoft

This post was first published on my business blog, which I’m closing down now that I’ve retired, so I’m archiving some of the better posts to this blog The ‘great’ Jeffrey Snover has written an  extremely interesting blog post that provides a real insight into the new Microsoft.  A Microsoft...

What Microsoft Means By Productivity

This post was first published on my business blog, which I’m closing down now that I’ve retired, so I’m archiving some of the better posts to this blog Microsoft has recently started to talk about productivity as part of it’s new mission, they used to talk about people, but that...

A New Microsoft

This post was first published on my business blog, which I’m closing down now that I’ve retired, so I’m archiving some of the better posts to this blog. It’s been very interesting to watch ever building evidence of a re-invigorated Microsoft. A Microsoft that’s becoming more relevant for both consumers...

Canal Walking

Debbie and I are in Nottingham today, one of the four places that we’ve lived for more than a year and as a result it feels like home.  We lived here for our three university years, which were amazing, so it’s always a joy to come back, and I often...

Making Future Plans

Debbie and I are going to Nottingham today via Cleveleys where we will take a walk along the beach before brunch at my favourite sea-front cafe.  Nottingham is a particular favourite of ours for a city break.  It’s big enough that there’s lots to see and do, it’s got that...

The Preston Guild Wheel

Chris and I have been trying to arrange a day to cycle the Preston Guild Wheel, a 21 mile cycle path around Preston, it’s taken us a few months but today was finally the day and it turned out just perfect.  We arranged to leave at 10am, which gave me...

Preparing For A Short Break

Debbie and I are going away for a short break in Nottingham next week and tomorrow I'm cycling the Preston Guild Wheel, so today has been my opportunity to tidy up a few nagging tasks. I finally got around to changing the template that I use for my blog, I...

Redesigning My Blog

I’ve had a clean and simple design for my blog for a decade or more, but change has been long overdue.  I’ve been looking for a new template for a while, and I also needed a theme that would accommodate my diary and well as my blog, within the same...