So once again I am looking for work.  Rather than dwell on the negative reasons as to why I am searching again I am going to take the opportunity to reset my professional expectations a bit in a way that I flirted with 18 months ago but didn’t follow through with. First things first I…

Twitter I joined Twitter in July 2007 though my addiction didn’t really take hold until January 2008. As I’ve said before it has mainly been a force for good in my life despite what it has become – it has given me friends around the world, massively influenced my career, provided me perspectives I wouldn’t…

I’ve just re-watched all four seasons of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’. If you are reading this post there is every chance you’ve at least heard of this underrated gem of ‘premium television’. If you aren’t aware of it, it is the story of the early days of personal computing / the internet / gaming /…

As I am prone to do I set out some ‘ambitions’ for 2023 – less New Years Resolutions, more loose goals to stop me ‘streaming’ the year away. This year they were particularly unchallenging as I crawled out of my sabbatical and the trauma of the peak Covid/Crash years. Yet as we head towards the…