I found myself chatting with my youngest two children today about what you would do if you found some money in the street. My son (8) said ‘if it’s coins I’d keep it but if it’s paper money I’d hand it in – I’ve never found any paper money’ he said with a sigh. Later that afternoon we were down at our local school,  the kids on their bikes madly riding around and enjoying the Sunday [...]

In a few months time I’m planning to travel north and visit my grandfather to celebrate his 99th birthday with him. Although its been over 12 months since we last saw each other we caught up face to face today for the first time via video call using MSN messenger. At 98 years old he’s now a broadband and wireless enabled user set up with a web cam. I guess you could say he’s my role model when it comes [...]

Phew.. there seems to be not enough hours in the day right now. Perhaps this is just a stage we all have to go through from time to time and it’s my turn – ok I’ve had my fun can I get off this bus now? As time permits I hope to blog a bit more over the coming weeks about my experiences with Office 2010 and Windows 7 RTM (Release to Manufacture) the former I [...]

Currently I’m doing an assignment for my product and branding marketing paper, part of which involves creating the packaging and some design work for that. The lectures have been very interesting and something as basic as toilet cleaner (toilet duck) has been deconstructed to examine the role and key function that design plays in the purchase/decision making process. Case in point today we were doing our weekly grocery shop and had to buy some of [...]