attention public sector administrators

The above picture is what is known as a toolkit.

A toolkit is a collection of hammers, screwdrivers and other useful things.

It is not an a bunch of documents drawn up by people like you to help film festivals in Hemel Hempstead break even.

Got it?

And another thing. Anyone who uses the word "workshop" who doesn't work in light engineering is a....

As Elizabeth David once said about French cooking...Keep it simple

Will

anyone got spare capacity?

photo; Alex Gonzalez for openphoto.net CC:Attribution

Capacity. As I get busier I am often asked about my capacity. Can I do this piece of work in March, depending on my capacity? My capacity for what and does anyone know what these people are talking about?

Capacity = spare time.

Capacity also makes me think of batteries and they make me think of toy robots - hence the open-sourced picture above.

Keep it simple.

Will

it is a corporate world

Another year and another terrible mangling of the English language.

A damning report into a Scarbrough Council's disastrous plan to build a sea wall in the town tells of errors, complacency and a lack of "corporateness" on behalf of council officers.

Corporateness - a nasty and rather baffling piece of jargon if ever I heard one. Is it something to do with loyalty and responsibility to an employer?

Does anyone know what these people are talking about?

I wonder how I, as someone who is self employed, could be guilty of a lack of corporateness.

Perhaps I wouldn't tidy my office, do the washing up, or open my lap top. Perhaps I'd put out of office reply on my emails, go for long walks or drop my mobile in the River Tyne.

Sounds rather fun.

Keep it simple.

Will