Seaford seafront, evening

A man is walking on a paved path next to a pebble beach with white chalk cliffs in the background under a clear blue sky.


Let me propose the humbly-named Tinworth’s Law:

The amount of actual good, useful and productive work an individual is doing is inversely proportional to the amount of noise they are making on LinkedIn.

What do you think?


Have you read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams? It’s an excoriating exposé of her time at Facebook – and of what the senior management are like.

And they’re trying, really hard, to shut her up. Don’t let them.

#ReadCarelessPeople


All clear on the eye. Retinal tears successfully sealed. No sign of new damage since.

Now just healing. The end is in sight.


Back at the eye hospital - hopefully just for a check-up this time.

A hospital hallway with grey and white walls features several framed photographs and purple chairs along the side.

I can’t quite believe that Om Malik has died.

I’ve been reading his work for near.y a quarter of a century, and even had a couple of email conversations with him. We’ve lost a voice of sanity in the tech madness.

Om Malik, 1966-2026


Not even 10am and this is the temperature in the living room.

A hand is holding a digital thermometer displaying a temperature of 28.1°C.

A modern office building with large windows and parked cars in front is shown under a clear blue sky.

Funny how life history reconnects with life present. 25 years ago, when I was on Estates Gazette, I had a great working relationship with the Lincolnshire Economic Development team. Now, I’m regularly doing client workshops in a building they led the development of.

Life doesn’t repeat, but sometimes it plays snatches of old themes.


Nae surprise here, pal.

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