I recently saw on Instagram the following, labelled as “Kids who grew up feeling lonely may become adults who…”.
I feel seen.
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Random thoughts on life
My wife loves books. She loves Agatha Christie. And she loves pictures on the wall. So what could be better than to combine then all?
A company named Spineless Classics sells a number of prints that are made up of the words from classic books. Seeing they had A Murder on the Orient Express, I thought it would make the ideal present.
But things did not go smoothly.
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What’s on my desk? 2022 edition!
A year later and more desk changes! I took the opportunity of my sabbatical this year to move things around, particularly on the walls, whilst also removing a number of things from the desk itself. Add to that some new tech and it’s a different workspace for 2022.
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Honest advertising?
I’m constantly surprised by how honest some UK advertisers are being, without the general public realising what they’re saying.
Take BT. They will charge you EXTRA to have a broadband backup service, referring to when your internet goes down as a “broadband nightmares”. It’s YOUR PRODUCT.
Many years ago I wrote a post about my life as a Support Engineer at WordPress VIP and it’s been very popular, particularly for those interesting in applying. I kept it up to date but, some time ago, I stopped doing so. Why? Because in January 2021 I became a Support Lead.
I look after the EMEA Support Team (so, that’s people from Europe, Middle East and Africa. Right now, we don’t have anyone in the team from the Middle East). As I write this there are 8 people in the team (myself not included), consisting of 2 roles – Support Engineer (SE) and Customer Success Engineer (CSE), the latter being a developer role.
So, it’s time to tell you what my day is now like.