Category: jobs

  • The Bad News Bubble

    Earlier this week I indulged in a bit of sub-tweeting; https://twitter.com/jukesie/status/1224589591639928832 Inevitably folks read this vague tweet from their own perspective and I got a bunch of varied replies. Actually I was reacting to reading about the shambles at the Iowa Caucus and how it was being laid at the feet of a failed mobile…

  • Dog days

      Thursday lunchtime I was working at our WeWork in Holborn and had been banished from our little office into the shared space for reasonable reasons. This is something I usually avoid if I can. I don’t much like the atmosphere/vibe and it is always too noisy for me to really concentrate. Also there are…

  • Umbrellas

    Eleanor has written this really great post on the problem with being a ‘shit umbrella’. There is a lot in there I recognise from an earlier version of myself – I definitely went through a stage of being both paternalistic and a bit of a martyr (though I did have my own umbrella!) but with…

  • A few of my favourite things (2019)

    A few of my favourite things (2019)

      Netflix of 2019 Sex Education: Season 1 – this show was bite my knuckles funny throughout – it also freaked me out as the location was my university campus! The slight weirdness about trying to place it in time / location was actually a worthy eccentricity in the end. Top Boy – at times…

  • November

    November

    November was mainly about putting myself back together again after I broke in October. This remains a work in progress to be honest but fingers crossed! I took two full weeks off and stayed off of work email and Slack for the entire time. This really helped and is probably the first time I’ve ever…