Archive > July 2005

Looks like this is it for the next 3 months

Part of the problem I face with the new job is that my role as head of their marketing efforts should really have begun a good six months ago. They have a fantastic product, an amazing opportunity, and absolutely no market presence whatsoever. Not a sausage!
So yesterday we had a 4 hour session outlining the [...]

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Thanks and answers

I’d like to say thanks to all you lovely people who commented to tell me I was making the right decision or just to wish me luck. I really appreciate it more than you know!
And to answer a couple of questions / correct a couple of points:
I’m not on gardening leave … I wish I [...]

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Moving on # 2

Apologies to those who were left concerned by the non-committal tone of my big announcement. Yesterday was all a bit of a blur and I didn’t really consider the implications of such a brief post. Hopefully all follicles are intact?
So …
Yeah …
I quit my job.
Let’s start with a bit of background:

I work for a large [...]

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Moving on …

Today is a bit of a milestone.
Because today, 26th July 2005 I have done something I’ve never done before.
Today I resigned from my job of 2.5 years.
More later.

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Give the people what they want

And they’ll love you forever.
Or at least that’s the theory.
Certain people made certain suggestions about what this blog is lacking and, for fear of being branded an uncaring, non-communicative host, I’ve done my best to provide.
So for Helen we have kittens sans chow mein and a glass of red

For Celeste, a very nice cuppa.

And for [...]

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Welcome one welcome all …

…to Dry the Rain, the new weblog run by a guy with another weblog.
The emergency exits are here, here and here. Please take time to familiarize your self with the nearest exit, bearing in mind that it may be behind you.
I’d like to post the answers to a couple of common questions before you get [...]

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That’s decided then

The new site is now up and running.
Now here’s the deal … if you want to know what it is then all you have to do is leave a comment. This is in an effort some way to ensuring that the new, personal site, remains slightly more annonymous than this one.
In the mean time you [...]

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We love the MOON!!!

And it seems we aren’t alone…
Google’s gone Lunar!
See the full story over at Google Blog

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Michael Jackson – Look what you did

Let’s kick off Wednesday with a giggle shall we?
Ladies and gentlemen, I present for your viewing pleasure:
Michael Jackson’s Chocolate Factory – flash movie
(kind of safe for work ish)

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Now that’s what I call a transformer

Anybody who’s used a computer will already have a fair portion of their memory given over the various keyboard shortcuts used by different applications, from the common or garden CTRL-C, though to CTRL-SHIFT-J to make a new layer from the selection in Photoshop.
It doesn’t matter how good you are with an application, you’ll still have [...]

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