I’m in Greece for a solo holiday and heading to Hydra for the third time so watched this excellent doco about Leonard Cohen’s time there with Marianne Ihlen / Four Thousand Weeks was a good précis of a lot of other books i’ve read but the chapter about patience is really special / a excellent and multi-disciplinary lecture on masculinity that led me to this Gallop research on the role of compassion in business success / my friend Joe has a jazz/funk/blues show on Netil Radio once a month on a Monday and you should dial in / I’m seriously considering taking up the piano again after a 30 year break and side eyeing a Roland FP30X / I’m getting grumpy about naming environmental work as ‘more than human’ seeing as I literally have mites on my face causing rosacea. We’re just fleabags baby / a lovely zine about the menopause / the civil service’s standardised job descriptions are a good idea, i’m just not sure about the execution / the textile work of Shiela Hicks is amazing / viking warriors were also women / an upcoming event in Venice about climate, computation and cosmology / an ALCS (i’m a member) campaign against the use of pirated material to train LibGen / on the perfect size for an executive team.
In job seeking news, I have a second interview somewhere which is exciting. I’m also looking at the Head of Innovation role at the Digital Catapult but am disappointed there’s no salary advertised. I need to start to freelance so going to fluff up my website to give people examples of the kinds of things I’ve done. After almost 20 years, my long list is just too long.
I’ve also started doing obtuse weeknotes on Instagram if that’s your cup of tea.