It’s been a mad few weeks at work, where I’ve been involved in launching some fairly major sites, all within a few days of each other. Stressful, but ultimately rewarding, and now it’s all over I have a bit of breathing space to consider things, and take a more thoughtful approach to what direction I want life to go in moving forward. For starters, I’m thinking I need a holiday now…
After celebrating a friend’s birthday a few weeks ago, and leaving the public house in which said celebration took place slightly on the inebriated side, I had the misfortune to leave my rucksack on the tube on the way home. Whilst it didn’t have my laptop or any other high value items in it, it did contain a lot of personal items that would have been difficult to replace, such as Patrick Harpur’s OOP Daimonic Reality, which I was halfway through reading. Feeling like a bit of a tit, I filled in TfL’s lost property form with little hope of ever being reunited with Harpur’s revelatory work, but lo, they got back to me in just four days to say my treasured possessions were safely ensconced at their office in Baker Street. Fellas, as far as I’m concerned you can strike anytime you want from now on.
Last Friday I attended dConstruct, which is still a great conference in terms of pricing, venue and (generally) speakers, however it’s gotten increasingly ‘big picture’ over the years, to the point where no one is really saying anything anyone could possibly disagree with anymore. You almost want someone to step up with a keynote entitled ‘Welcome back to tables’, or somesuch. Still, it’s always good to hear the likes of Adam Greenfield speak, and Russell Davies wrapped things up in a masterly fashion. Throw in fish and chips on Brighton beach and after-con pintage and you had all the makings of a great day out.
