I loved “London Underground” a hilarious protest song provoked by a tube drivers’ strike here in the Smoke. Using the tune from Going Underground. Talk about customers biting back!
You can hear it around 25’20” into Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code podcast: mp3.
WARNING: Lots – and I mean LOTS – of OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. Actually, OFFENSIVE IDEAS too, especially if you’re a tube driver. But hey, it’s art, baby!
I went down to Surrey on Friday for long walk and pub lunch with Neil Perkin. We’d originally planned to run a workshop about agile
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Viv picks out some nice ideas from Phelim McDermott on the subject of leadership. “We love the security of the illusion that someone is in
I’ve been thinking about the urge to scale things lately – see here and here. I understand the concern with being able to effect big
In moving house, I radically downsized my collection of books which I can highly recommend. I used to think I’d one day find a reason
I really enjoy Chris Rodgers’ views on leadership. He argues against the assumption that it takes great leadership for organisations to succeed. He suggests that
Thanks to my Improvisation friend Kelsey Flynn I rambled into a letter cited in Margaret Cho’s Blog (go to Letter #1): Lately it seems like
I wanted to share this email doing the rounds this morning… AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE After every flight Qantas pilots fill out a form called a gripe
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Yesterday I got an email from Loren Ekroth of Conversation Matters. It touches on a favourite theme of mine and here it is verbatim. “Christmas
A craftsman commits to the patient practice and repetition of tasks to sustain the quality of his work. A visionary has his eyes on the horizon imagining new possibilities. Most
My good friend Tony Goodson is in rant mode. I love it when he does this, it always gets me thinking. He’s having a go at values statements. I am
Adam Curry is in mortal combat with his would-be broadband provider. After being in telephone-tennis with them for weeks now he proposes a new tactic. Record the conversations and podcast
My mate Paul Jackson challenges the language used in questions like “what really matters?” …in one discussion we were asked ‘Why are you here?’ and later ‘Why are you really
