December 23, 2009

Playing good office, bad office

With my return to an office environment looming, in my head I can’t help but dream of working in an office such as this: Less the bad photoshopping, of course. In reality, I know it will be closer to this: I think I’ve been watching too much Mad Men.


December 19, 2009

The road you didn’t take

Around mid-2009 I left my job. Essentially, I was bouncing from position to position with ever more responsibility and longer hours, and everytime I mentioned some correction in my remuneration, I was always told “yes, we’ll get to that”. I ended up working far beyond my role doing IT and business analyst work while being … See the full post


December 16, 2009

On The (Country) Road Again

When you travel with someone, you learn a great deal about them. While I already knew Nico had a love of shopping, this particular trip’s revelation was to be Nico’s neverending enthusiasm for Country Road tote bags. Even though (to my eyes at least) each of the seven Country Road stores we visited in the … See the full post