Doctor's Note

A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.

Flight cancelled due to snow. In Siberia.

Okay, another airline rant. This time my friend Sean coming over from London via Japanese Airlines (JAL). His flight was cancelled due to snow in Siberia. Now, …

Why Sony don't get it in so many ways

I’m a little late on this one but, hey, I’ve been offline in India. It’s always sad to see a big corporation like Sony completely …

Off to India

I’m off to India for about ten days, so no blogging for me. I’ll be steering clear of Internet cafés too! Photos when I return. (This one from the …

Voice from The Void - the Blogosphere is alive and well

Oh, the irony of it all. After my post about Hugh Macleod of Gaping Void not responding to my mails and posts, I got a comment from Hugh: “I suppose I …

Vice President Dogsbody - the rise of misleading job titles

I just saw a job ad today for “Vice President of General Duties”. Vice President? So what are these general duties then? They must be pretty …

Dog with flowers

] Saw this dog on some steps the other day. It looked like it was wearing flowers in its hair and posing. I couldn’t resist a photo.

The Void in Gaping Void - What to do when blogs become victims of their own success?

I’ve been having an interesting conversation with Euph recently in the comments of my previous post about the SoundPryer and it’s led me to ruminate …