“Fghting the good fight is mostly a series of humiliations” from the fallout S2 The wrangler.
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console
This device was my world ! https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/18/sega-master-system-nintendo-entertainment-system
Office nomad – deskless
After nearly five years at Birmingham Museums Trust it has only just dawned on me I don’t have a desk. With nine locations plus lots of travel i’m never in any one place for very long. The stereotype is the more senior you get the bigger the view/desk/. I like to judge myself on how many people I have helped. How many projects have shipped. I do like being socialable in the office and that’s what I largely think “being together” means. When people diss working from home I often think they really mean “I need to be sociable”. I’m thinking hard about how to get the best out of myself and others when together. And then leaning out of the boat on how “I” best work. No mouldy cups here. No cactus plant. No planting of a flag to mark my patch here.
“Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?, I won’t be long.”.
Take 5
Featuring yours truly:
At a time when the creative industries are being revolutionised by digital transformation, shifting audience dynamics, and evolving funding landscapes, we’ve captured a powerful snapshot of leadership thinking that cuts through the noise.
Walk and talk 2025
This week I attended a walk and talk facilitated group in the Yorkshire Dales. Time to unpick challenges and work through the next 12 months.
My word of the trip in relation to work was “frustrated”. Time to take action.
Stay curious
I get asked a lot how I got to become Co-CEO. On the things I can control, I say it’s because I stay curious.
At 16 during my first job at Burger King I wanted to find out how a BK makes money and the manager showed me. Years later that understanding is something I often replay.
I am curious about other people’s life’s, jobs and interests. Often to discover I am not personally interested about what their interested in and vice versa. Being curious doesn’t mean you have to love the topic. Learn just enough to file it away for a future moment.
Most recently I was curious about how train tracks work, remembering how fibre optics work, key moments in art history, Nick from British museum Wikipedia entry and child poverty.
Wikipedia is a great place to start. Followed by YouTube, podcasts, interviews, books and good old fashioned getting in touch.
im curious about what I’ll be curious about next.
Thank you, Lewis (mercedes)
Farewell delicious
I can’t understate how important delicious to my early years on the web. Also during university I had an idea around the same time for such a service so I sometimes dream what if.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/11/26/delicious-library-eol
Good enough for now, safe enough to try
A principle to live by.
Used to be a….
I used to be a:
Student.
Unemployed.
Artist.
Freelancer.
The IT guy.
The manager.
The fixer.
All previous working lives that built today’s current T-shaped skills. Whenever I’m asked how did I choose my path I say I try something and do more of it or less of it depending if I like it. I don’t know what’s next but it’s definitely more of what I like. Oh and being good at something helps me like it. So I practice. If it’s a skill it can be learned.