Monthly Archives: September 2011

Puffles’ Twitter Follow Friday List – Media

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

This is another instalment (still not the final one!) of the various people, creatures and organisations that appear on Puffles’ Twitter Feed. The first person on this list is Sue Llewellyn – who along with David Allen Green (of media … Continue reading →

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A chugger’s worst nightmare

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

…and I’m not talking about people who blank them or people who shout at them. (Chuggers – ‘charity muggers’ who try to accost you in the street seeking donations via direct debit – might be annoying, but don’t deserve rudeness … Continue reading →

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Today at the job centre

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Today was my second appointment at the job centre – following on from my interview last week, described in the blogpost Signing on. There’s still a mixture of fear of the unknown and a fear of being judged in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment and job hunting | 24 Comments

In praise of charity shops

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

“Rethink, reuse, recycle” Prior to going to university, I wouldn’t have been seen dead in a charity shop, let alone alive. During those days I was stupendously and embarrassingly vain and insecure about image and what people thought of my … Continue reading →

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MPs and political parties

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

One of the things that has regularly riled my regular social media contacts is the ‘whipping’ system within Parliament. People have been genuinely distressed to see images of parliamentary debates on issues that are really important to them and to … Continue reading →

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Non-executive directors

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

This post ponders on the crises of large organisations in this social media age of ours – whether it’s in relation to the economic crisis as in Paul Kingsnorth’s article in the Guardian, or in the field of political parties, … Continue reading →

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When Big Business got one step too close

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

Some of you may have seen this from the headline in The Times (which I won’t link to because they have a firewall). This story being about alleged plans for the heads of big business to be given a ‘hotline’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Business economics and finance, Party politics, Public administration & policy | 11 Comments

Signing on

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

I signed on today It’s not something that I’ve done before – and for that I know I’m more than lucky compared to some others. This blogpost is another difficult post to write – both in terms of personal reactions … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment and job hunting | 14 Comments

Puffles’ Follow Friday Twitterlist – Public Service Titans

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Titans – think of them as wise friendly cloud giants. Most of people are giants (reputation-wise (in my book)) but for a variety of different reasons – and yet paradoxically for the same reason: Their commitment to public service. There … Continue reading →

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September’s Wordle

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

What’s been on my mind so far this month? Have a look.

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