Worry and fear form an endlessly twisting path that may or may not have failure at its end. If you find yourself on this path, ask yourself: How bad is it, really? Rock stars who whinge about heroin withdrawal are crybabies. So opines Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones in his autobiography, Life.* Drawing on […]
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Remembrance of social media past (with bonus Bowie)
Social media is endlessly new. Endlessly now. It is always about the moment. Social media is endlessly changing, ever-evolving. But relics remain of what came before. While social media is all about building, erasing and rebuilding the impression of the endlessly new, social media as we know it is now comparatively long in tooth. […]
The infinity of your youth
Do you seize the moment, or does the moment seize you? Youth is both an infinity and finite. The moment is always right now. Pressure is a choice. It’s scarcely believable to me, but a quarter of a century ago today (Saturday 1 October 2016) was the day I first went away to university. A […]
New day, new life, new possibility?
A sunrise is fleeting and fragile. The elements might combine for just a moment of breathtaking technicolour glory, then break apart. Our lives are just as fragile. On the first of this month, my friend Ellison Bloomfield wrote quite the most beautiful, brave and moving blog post it has been my privilege to read, entitled […]
Two good causes: #Billablehour16 & #ConnectingHRAfrica
Gentle reader, might I please beg a moment of your time to draw your attention to two superb and very timely causes, each of which is currently collecting donations? These are #BillableHour16 and #ConnectingHRAfrica. #BillableHour16: Can you donate an hour’s pay? #BillableHour16 is a beautifully simple concept. Why not consider, if you can, donating an […]
A good quarter-century?
How would you summarise the last 25 years of your life? Or yesterday? What would make tomorrow better? What counts is not the time, but how you spend it. The past is alive. Most gents, as they age (as the snow settles on the peaks, to borrow a lovely phrase I heard the other day), […]
Why do you “do” social media?
What does social media mean to you? What does your use of social media say about you? If a tweet falls in a forest and no-one hears it, does it make a sound? Summertime and the tweeting is easy. For many of us in 2016, high summer brings not just thoughts of getting away from […]
Class of 2016: Your value defines you
The wheel always turns, the young always fly the nest, learning never ends. What advice, what one piece of wisdom would you want to pass on to the class of 2016 as they venture out into the world? Superheroes walk among us. I can now confirm this to be true. Gentle reader: When was the […]
#Hotelfilms: The #Hotelful Five
Gentle reader: Where does your favourite film take you? Wherever you go, you’re always there. Film is a truly transportive medium. Dream-like. Hotels are inbetween places. Hotels are transient, dream-like locations. Hotels are a temporary home away from home. A place where people step out of their everyday lives in a way that can reveal […]
Why does my heart feel so bad?
Life is always wildly unpredictable. This is always good and bad. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away. One day into the second half of this year, 2016 seems intent on proving itself more wildly unpredictable than any year in (my) living memory. Bookended by Bowie and Brexit, the first half […]
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