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Darwin: once more with feeling

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

After the voyage ended this year  -  or 1836, Beagle Time –  I asked several people what I should do with the Twitter account. The response was unanimous: go round again.  I’d initially started tweeting just over a year into the voyage so there is a year not covered, and this time all the rest [...]

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People like sushi

Sunday, February 27, 2011
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Goddbye Sony. Hello Kindle.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

I while back I bought a Sony PRS-505 eBook reader. I’d contemplated the slowly growing eBook market for a while, I’d heard good things from the US about the Kindle, and I thought it about time I dipped a toe in the water. After reviewing the eBook landscape I plumped for the Sony. The Kindle [...]

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Consultants, training and Mehrabian

Sunday, January 31, 2010

I recently attended a day-long Project Management course. Building a lego tower made an enjoyable change to my daily routine but  our trainer made one or two claims about psychology and personality theory that I doubted. Living with a Psychologist sometimes isn’t easy. For example, I was surprised at the uncritical claims made by our [...]

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