The Secret Knowledge of Freelancing–Neil Gaiman
This is author Neil Gaiman addressing the University of the Arts Class of 2012. It’s a genuinely inspiring speech in which he exhorts his audience to Make Good Art. He also shares the secret knowledge of freelancing: people get hired because they get hired but … people keep working because: their work is […]
The Secret Knowledge of Freelancing–Neil Gaiman
This is author Neil Gaiman addressing the University of the Arts Class of 2012. It’s a genuinely inspiring speech in which he exhorts his audience to Make Good Art. He also shares the secret knowledge of freelancing: people get hired because they get hired but … people keep working because: their work is […]
Mike Pegg’s Positive Life
Remarkable people. On his new blog, The Positive Life, Mike Pegg highlights the attitude of Alice Herz-Sommer, a gifted pianist of 103 who is also “the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor”: a remarkable optimist. Mike Pegg is a thinker and a writer, a teacher and an ardent proponent of the Strengths approach. He has spent […]
Mike Pegg’s Positive Life
Remarkable people. On his new blog, The Positive Life, Mike Pegg highlights the attitude of Alice Herz-Sommer, a gifted pianist of 103 who is also “the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor”: a remarkable optimist. Mike Pegg is a thinker and a writer, a teacher and an ardent proponent of the Strengths approach. He has spent […]
How Social is B2B?–NowSourcing.com
Great infographic for nowsourcing.com showing how social media is a real force in B2B marketing today. NowSourcing are internet marketing specialists (and a great source of fascinating infographics). Thanks to Matthew Stibbe on the HP Business Answers blog for flagging this. Technorati Tags: Nowsourcing.com,HP Business Answers,Matthew Stibbe,Social Media,Infographics
How Social is B2B?–NowSourcing.com
Great infographic for nowsourcing.com showing how social media is a real force in B2B marketing today. NowSourcing are internet marketing specialists (and a great source of fascinating infographics). Thanks to Matthew Stibbe on the HP Business Answers blog for flagging this. Technorati Tags: Nowsourcing.com,HP Business Answers,Matthew Stibbe,Social Media,Infographics
Just Sentencing … for Better #Writing
There is so much beauty and depth and elegance in a well-constructed sentence. And something zen-like in the study and understanding of how that is achieved. This book by Stanley Fish (a New York Times columnist), entitled How To Write A Sentence has just made it onto my must-read shelf (currently log-jammed by the dense […]
Just Sentencing … for Better #Writing
There is so much beauty and depth and elegance in a well-constructed sentence. And something zen-like in the study and understanding of how that is achieved. This book by Stanley Fish (a New York Times columnist), entitled How To Write A Sentence has just made it onto my must-read shelf (currently log-jammed by the dense […]
Public Sector Interims and Disguised Employees
Public Sector pay is in the headlines again this evening as the findings of the review ordered by Danny Alexander are published. According to the BBC, more than 2,000 public-sector workers “could be avoiding the full rate of income tax through special contracts”. The proposed remedy is to have anyone who is engaged for more […]