2002

Market Day

December 26, 2002

But mainly I am disconcerted by the food. Forget the olives and the smoked meats which look so very tempting. It’s the regular fruit and vegetable stall that amazes me.

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Happy Christmas

December 25, 2002

I am in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca for Christmas. The usual grey skies and frost of a British Christmas Day are part of the experience for me and have been all my life. The sun and the warmth were a little disorienting at first. Now, of course, I realise Christmas is still the same.

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End Of A Radio Era

December 20, 2002

For almost thirty years the JY Prog has been a ratings winner. Lunchtime ratings of five million should not be sniffed at. And today, as he bid the Radio 2 airwaves farewell, I had a listen.

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Pop Up (Up and Away)

December 18, 2002

There has been great discussion recently about pop-ups. Are they doomed? Well, it’s a subject close to my heart as, being in the online advertising/research business for many years, they have become an important part of my life. I have to ask, how they can properly be controlled? They are a useful marketing tool and [...]

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I Want A Career (And I Want It Now)

November 20, 2002

Celebrity Big Brother is back on Channel 4 and, I guess, I am adding to the spin around it by making this comment.

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Fly Accipiter, Fly

November 6, 2002

My ex-colleagues at Engage AdManager have bought the company from Engage.

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Give Us Our Daily Blog

November 3, 2002

As I started redeveloping this site, it became apparent that I wanted to link to my collection of daily blog reads and this became the place to keep them.

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Let’s (Not) Go Out

October 25, 2002

I am about to embark on a Friday night out in Clapham. More specifically, a colleague (we’ve worked together now and have previously worked together) and I are off to meet two ex-work mates (from the last job we worked at) for Friday night drinks. I believe I am turning into some kind of hermit [...]

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Community of UK Webloggers

October 24, 2002

plasticbag.org has a great new item about the community of UK webloggers – plasticbag.org | files | Who’s afraid of community participation? I’m too tired – as it’s too early/late – to comment so go read it!

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Inspirational Eden

October 23, 2002

Tim Smit provides an insight into the group vision that resulted in one of the more successful Millennium projects – Eden. And the fact that it is the work of a committed group of people is not lost on the reader. Smit regularly repeats the mantra that Eden was only developed thanks to the work of a wide range of individuals from contractors to councils, and not forgetting the plant-men.

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Elsewhere: Everything Taboo

October 20, 2002

I thought Taboo was fantastic and I wasn’t sure what to really expect. I think I had envisaged it as something akin to Closer To Heaven, but it wasn’t really like that at all. I loved the fact that The Venue is quite small and quite intimate which made you feel closer to the stage (and the audience bits help) and, of course, it brought memories flooding back (although I was watching events in the early-80s from the safety of the north).

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A Walk On The Wild Side

October 4, 2002

My two days off have been great. Yesterday we dove to the Outlet Mall (what’s the British equivalent of that?) in Swindon. It’s the first time we have put miles on this new Ka (which I haven’t mentioned yet). Still, we drove in the sunshine and shopped. One call from a client was swiftly dealt with.

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South Bank. Friends from North.

September 20, 2002

I could have spent much of this week writing about going out eating and/or entertaining but decided that would be too dull. On the other hand, on Wednesday night we (American and I) went on the London Eye (always a fantastic treat) and then wandered down the South Bank. It is, probably, one of my favourite areas of London.

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An American in London

September 16, 2002

Every time I meet an American co-worker I go through the same process. I must try to stress that the UK is different and instil an expectation that, although speaking (more-or-less) the same language it’s not downtown NYC.

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The Joy of September

September 1, 2002

September is great because it signals Autumn and that’s my favorite season.

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