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for: ‘February, 2009’

oxford mini

I have to confess to feeling not a little upset at the news that so many temporary workers’ jobs were being lost at the Mini factory, just a stone’s throw from where we live. It’s a difficult financial climate – and our household currently has first-hand knowledge of how difficult the job market is at …

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the real west wing

During George Bush’s reign in the White House, many American cars sported the bumper sticker ‘Don’t blame me, I voted for Bartlet’ – the fictional president of the TV show The West Wing. How does Obama’s team measure up? Take a look: Obama’s West Wing: Can reality match the liberal White House fantasy?

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the foresight of google

This article embodies such much of my recent thinking as we plan to develop the IFES website into what we hope will become an industry-leading example of the appropriate application of social media. “Google provides a platform and network that enables others to succeed – and when they succeed, so does Google”. You can read …

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