May
21
Microsoft does sci-fi offices really well
Strange how Microsoft have finally got good at making corporate tech look sexy.
corporate life
Apr
22
Corporate trust is the first victim of redundancy
John Robinson on laying off journalists: In the ensuing days, it was clear that a bond between the company and
1 min read
Nov
18
Meaning - Bob Doak: the Gore cult of making money - and having fun
Warning: Liveblogging. Prone to error, inaccuracy and terrible, terrible crimes against grammar. This post will be improved over the next
3 min read
Jul
22
Every corporate meeting ever
Weird Al, again, from his new album, Mandatory Fun
Feb
17
Nightmares of tech past
Every time I think a proper job would be nice again… I remember a grey slab I was issued by
Jan
22
Stop working so damn hard
You shouldn’t put in so many hours working. Why? The perplexing thing about the cult of overwork is that,
1 min read
Jan
09
Where corporate innovation dies
Why big companies can’t innovate: Big companies have plenty of great ideas, but they do not innovate because they
Nov
05
The cold war with IT
Reasons I love being self-employed #7: For reasons we don’t fully understand, IT Vs the rest of the company
Aug
28
Boss free? Or co-owned?
Oddly, since my “liberation” from corporate life, I’ve become fascinated by alternative working models. This is just fascinating: Valve,
1 min read
Aug
24
Corporate voice is inherently impersonal
James O’Brien, quoting Alex Goldfayn: “Most of the content that companies put out on social media doesn’t catch
1 min read