This week, I’ve decided to papillonner. Yes, I know I’ve advised against using foreign words, but this is different (no, really). Papillon is French for butterfly, and papillonner is what they do: they butterfly. They flit randomly from one thing […]

OK, it’s time for a tea break. You’ve been working way too hard, so kick back, put your feet up and let’s have some green tea. But which one? Well today, I have two for you to choose from. Here’s […]

It was late at night, and I was hunched over a laptop in my boss’s office. His ghetto blaster poured out the usual eclectic mix of tracks (Def  Leppard, Handel, Iron Maiden, Corelli) to help get us in the mood. […]

A couple of years ago, I decided to have my business cards revamped. There was nothing wrong with the old ones, but I still had 500 sitting in a box between my stress-reliever balls (don’t ask) and a pile of […]

Do you tweet? I don’t. I almost did – last year, carried along on a wave of enthusiasm for Twitter, I signed up for an account. Imagine if somebody had come to me five years ago and said they had […]