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December 10th, 2007 — Global
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Just when you thought this year had had enough excitement, here I come with a question? It’s a good question. Not a rubbish everday non-descript, beige question. No. It’s a sweet, kind, genteel, concerned, mindful sort of question and completely lacks guile.
Go on then. Read it.
December 10th, 2007 — Global
The office Christmas party season is looming again and you cannot recall how it got to be so near the event so quickly. Yikes, time flies when you’re crawling your way up the corporate ladder!
And of course you need to organise and give a speech. And the Board Chairman and the CEO will be attending. And you want to impress them and staff. And you do not have much time to prepare and you do not want to make a blethering fool of yourself. And you have a secret - you are petrified of making speeches and what if you dry up or stutter, or sweat profusely….?
Don’t fear dearies, help is at hand. Here is a 10 point Office Party Speech survival plan from Andrew Ivey.
December 4th, 2007 — Global
E N G A G E!
Sounds cheesy but its groovy. And it’s even cool too.
Someone you know could benefit from ENGAGE. Successful groovy cats in blogosphere use these lessons everyday, every hour without realising it. So I say why shouldn’t you have the same opportunity as they do? You deserve it. Others you know also do.
December 3rd, 2007 — Global
Unmanaged job stress led me to a heart attack.
Trent Jensen was a quiet, mild mannered, polite hard worker. That’s why his co-workers were shocked when Trent attacked a copy machine at work.
Don’t let it happen to you. Here are 8 great tips from Tery Robertson
December 1st, 2007 — Global
How much more awareness about the horror of AIDS do you need?
Like me you probably are sympathetic to the issue but these days, as the epidemic rages on, we sit back and assume it is just one of those things society endures while other charitable and dedicated souls are left to fight, beg borrow or steal for research and victim support funding.
Are you sitting comfortably?
Yes?
December 1st, 2007 — Global
On 10th March 2006, Chris Pearson started a casual viral campaign. It was a linking experiment. So? Well, I want to do it again. Why?
Because.
November 26th, 2007 — Global
And now there is GeoEngineering Climate Change. I am happy that at long last the climate change sceptics are being heard and some solutions being tabled. But how sceptical are the sceptics and cynical are the geoHeathens?
November 23rd, 2007 — Global
Forever the clown. Forever making people forget their worries. Forever making people laugh. Forever making people happy.
But also forever forgetting to be happy and free of worries themselves. The life of a clown is not too good.
November 22nd, 2007 — Global
Each day I find that I am amazed at some stage during my drive to and from the office by the utter stupidity of an increasing number of drivers. That I am a driver from Southern Africa who is used to being able to ‘put foot’ and speed off along a deserted road is beside the point. Why?
November 16th, 2007 — Global
I’ve been struggling to find some tiny bit of form to inspire me to write, and so have spent a lot of time at Brian Clarke’s Copyblogger most excellent, excellent, excellent, (did I telll you Brian’s site is excellent?!) site just reading, commenting and searching for a spark to ignite an inspiring thought. I’d all but given up for the night but then I looked at my last article below about the Grand Geeks Ball and whammo - the headline above popped into my head. And that was it. I just had to start typing.
Why did I have to begin tapping away in a frenzy at once?
November 12th, 2007 — Global
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We all know that a marketer based up in Cumbria who draws cartoons on the back of business cards and blogs, started a marketing revolution by convincing a young vineyard in South Africa to let him do his marketing thing via blogging. The cartoonist/marketer/blogger is Hugh McLeod. He started something big alright.
November 9th, 2007 — Global
I am wondering why I titled this piece, “BitchSlapped”. I don’t know anyone who has been bitchslapped. What does it really mean? OK so I don’t know! There is stuff you too don’t know, so sharrup you face.
November 7th, 2007 — Global
I stink of Zoflora! But at least it smells of the seaside. Had to wash the kitchen floor, pull the washing machine, the fridge, the freezer and the dishwasher out from under the kitchen counters to sweep up and bleach and Zoflora mouse doo-doo and pee. Ugh! Temba must have decided that the fieldmouse was too feisty for him so thought, “what the hell, I think master can have it to play with”.
November 6th, 2007 — Global
“Where the drinking water is safe, bottled water is simply a superfluous luxury that we should do without,”
For years I have been buying a specific brand of bottled water. I always buy this favoured global brand. They pack their water in 6 x 2l bottle packs down to a single small 350ml bottle. And no matter where I travel to in Europe, USA or Southern Africa I can always buy this brand.
But why do I buy and drink bottled water when I have the luxury of a modern kitchen with running water, both hot and cold?
November 2nd, 2007 — Global
It’s already cold and dark outside. And it is only 6:35pm. The sound of traffic passing by the house adds to the wintery atmosphere. As does the tiny table lamp. It provides a warmish glow and one of the cats has jumped up and settled underneath it to catch some of the warmth the lightbulb emits.
