- I was in the City on Thursday evening for a tech event. I first had to navigate my way through the rabbit warren behind Liverpool Street station, where workers were already fully into their Thirsty Thursday drinks. I’d forgotten how like a scene out of Industry it can be, with well-lubricated/chemicaled City boys in gilets spilling out of the pubs.
- Numi’s conference was worth the journey. After many years of being uncomfortable when networking, I just get on with it, including chatting to some of the product and engineering team at The Economist, one of whom was an Altium user in an earlier electronics career.
- The panel talks were on decision-making, strategy and (inevitably) AI. From a strong panel line-up, I enjoyed Conrad Ford’s comments on reducing dependencies to scale teams, for which he later recommended me The Geek Way, which I’ve just started reading.
- Back in leafy Hertfordshire, H is through to the final trial for the district football team, and has also been offered a place at a new club. Just ~£1,200 fees for the season 😳, including “three Adidas kits”. I expect them to be made of gold and diamonds.
- L’s parents stayed over on Saturday night, meaning we could have a few post-dinner drinks in the pub while they babysat. We joined an eclectic mix of locals, including a man having a loud speakerphone conversation about the recent death of a relative, and another man who came in with his dog (normal) and cat (not normal).
