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Only one of three million reasons why office work both blows and sucks.

On September 23 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary
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Yes. Tube lighting.

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A shorthand for designing UI flows

On September 18 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary
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A lot of UI flows get drawn up at work for sometimes quite complex transactions, so seeing other ways of doing things always helps.

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Meanwhile, at my office…

On July 14 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary
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Gmail’s down! Help help help!

On February 24 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary

Gmail is currently down, and many thousands of people have been on Twitter saying “Gmail is down”, “Is Gmail down?”, and “Is there life without Gmail?”. This normally dependable, efficient service has thrown its toys out of the pram and suddenly all of the people who use it to manage all of their email accounts, [...]

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Don’t come here for careers advice

On January 21 2009 · 2 Comments · In Diary

I’m currently a permie. That doesn’t mean I’m a member of some weird gang that really likes thermally treated hair, it means I work on a permanent contract. Permie is a common word for this, which makes it all sound a bit Tom Brown’s Schooldays – “That rotter Jerome is a permie, he’ll take hot [...]

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SAP is evil

On December 23 2008 · 3 Comments · In Diary

The German people are a good people. Reparations have been made for past mistakes, their biscuits and beer are excellent, I believe they have some beautiful landscapes though I have never seen them, and it is difficult to dispute the quality of their automotive engineering. I do however still blame the Germans for the most [...]

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