Category Archives: Opinion
Outlandish Predictions for 2026
Having made it through the new year celebrations it is now time to take stock and turn out focus on just what will happen this year. There is of course no shortage of punditry and armchair opinion online, however here … Continue reading
On Being Useful
It’s been a busy few weeks – juggling multiple deadlines and tasks, all seemingly top priority and all needed yesterday. It reminded me of the old in-tray exercise – once a staple of job interviews and assessment centres. If you … Continue reading
Beyond the event horizon
The other week, I was asked to review a scientific article, providing a topic explanation all the way from high-level concepts to the latest cutting-edge research. As is often the case with these things, it became quite technical by the … Continue reading
Outlandish Predictions 2025?
After New Year, but before that first Monday back at work, we enter a twilight zone. There is nothing more to celebrate… the mince pies, still stacked high, are on sale… and it can be easy to be just kicking … Continue reading
Where’s my Cheese?
There was big news this last week in case you missed it. No, it was not the budget, it was that nearly £300,000 of cheddar cheese was stolen by fraudsters. It seemed this was the leading story on all the … Continue reading
Less of a Blur – more surge pricing
Saturday was the release of Oasis tickets for general sale in the UK. Now I would not say that I am an Oasis fan really, but having spent time in Manchester in the early 90s, it did evoke a certain … Continue reading
Purdahtory
So that is it, a General Election has been called in the UK. Ahead of us we now have 6 weeks of campaign, wall-to-wall TV coverage, lots of promises and being told how things will be so much better if … Continue reading
Inflection Inflation
This week, I’ve been out and about again, discussing, solutions for customers in financial difficulty. It was all very interesting. Yet outside of the event itself, what struck me was how the price of everything has leapt up, there has … Continue reading
Search is dead, long live search
It was a bank holiday this weekend, and, for what felt like the first time this year, a strange, warm orange ball appeared in the sky. Travelling into town, this had clearly caught everyone with a sense of surprise. Everyone … Continue reading
Time flies – eventually
Last week I had an evening trip down to London. As it was after work, after a full day and with the travel, well I felt like skipping it… it would be easier to stay local. However, a casual unrelated, … Continue reading