Well, here we are. On the home straight to the festive season 🎄 What a year it’s been. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Christmas this year, if I’m honest. You know that strange, hazy time between Christmas and New Year, when no one quite knows what day it is or what they’re supposed to be doing? That odd limbo where time feels...erm 🤔 I think I’ve been living in that space for most of the year. That’s largely what happens when you don’t have the stability and routin

The awesome DXC Dev team in Vietnam who took us out for Christmas day I’m halfway through my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course — and I love it. I wasn’t sure at first. The idea of teaching felt a bit daunting. I’ve never taught before, and anything new comes with some fear. But along the way, I realised how much crossover there is with the work I’ve already done. TEFL classes feel a lot like UX workshops: a room full of people with different confidence lev

Shift over AI, my shiny new friend, and make space on the virtual sofa my for my trusty old compadre, the email. Like most people who can be bothered to read a post like this, you probably know the digital job market is a bit of a mess right now . Over the weekend, while thinking about where I fit into all of this, I found myself wandering back to how I ended up working in digital in the first place . Honestly? It was probably an accident. Or curiosity. Or both. Before I wo

I'm leading with lyrics here guys: Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t. ( Baz Lurhman, Wear Sunscreen ) Hi. I’m one of those 40-year-olds. I don’t feel 40 (though I'm pretty sure I look it—thank you, high-stress jobs, and that time I lived on Monster Energy Drinks and cigarettes. I think my neck looks a

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