Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Charity Begins at Home(page)

Every around this time (my last pay packet of the year) I try to even out my rampant consumerism by making a few charitable donations to a rotating cast of worthy recipients. This year I am going to promote my choices on the run up to Christmas in my newsletter as well – see if…

November 26, 2022
Week 36/52

It is Fake Black Friday* and I am cream crackered. It has been a full-on week and after my adventures at Silicon Milk Roundabout last weekend (and ThoughtBubble the weekend before) I just don’t feel like I’ve had enough downtime to maintain my energy levels. Since I caught Covid the first time I’ve never really…

November 25, 2022
Thanksgiving 2022

I’m not American and god knows with hindsight it feels like one of those holidays you might want to rethink given the history but I like the parade, love an excuse for more Turkey and mostly just like it as a prompt to call out some things for which I am thankful for. So I…

November 24, 2022
Five year plan

I’ve never had much of a career plan. Hell, I’ve never had much of a career. From a certain angle and with the benefit of time it starts to look a bit coherent but for the most part it is based on luck, some poor decisions and being in the right place at the wrong…

November 22, 2022
Silicon Milk Roundabout review

Yesterday I attended Silicon MilkRoundabout* – the digital/tech job fair that takes place a couple of times a year in Spitalfields. I’ve been a couple of times before but mainly just out of curiosity and once with a very light touch day job interest supporting another one of the TPX group companies. Never as part…

November 20, 2022