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Are you really happy today?
June 22nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
According to the academic Dr Chris Arnall of the University of Cardiff, today is the happiest day of the year. The equation Dr Arnall devised to find the happiest day, in work commissioned by ice cream maker Walls, was O + (N x S) + Cpm/T + He. Here O stands for being outdoors and […]
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The challenge of choice
June 20th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
The thing about competitive markets is that they offer the consumer choice – but is this enough and is it always what consumers want? The first question was addressed at a seminar at the London Business School which I chaired this week (more information here). The second question reminds me of a story … My […]
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A paucity of names
June 19th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I went to school in Manchester with a Randal McRandall; I used to work at the Communication Workers Union with a Donald McDonald; the consumer body Postwatch, where I now work part-time, used to be headed by Gregor McGregor; and today I attended a media training session at Postwatch led by a consultant called Nel […]
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Life explained on film
June 16th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Have trouble following written instructions? Like a filmed demonstration instead? Then this videojug website may be for you. You could start by watching Stephen Fry talk about his use of the Internet here. Or you could check out computer tips and tricks here.
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NightHawk is up and running again
June 15th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
For the last 10 days, I’ve been unable to add postings to this blog. As you will probably appreciate, I normally add something every day. So this block has been very frustrating to me and possibly disappointing to you my readers. The problem was a massive surge – make that a tsunami – of spam […]
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The colour changing card trick
June 9th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
You will be amazed by this trick.
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The new seven wonders
June 3rd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
There’s a global poll to select a new seven wonders of the world. The shortlist consists of 21 locations and I’ve been fortunate enough to visit 14 of them. The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, 7 July 2007.
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First triathlon
May 29th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Not mine! – do you think I’m crazy? No, this was swum, cycled and run this wet weekend by one of Vee’s nephews David Rowe. I am mega impressed – and so will you be when you read about it here.
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Which company is this?
May 22nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
It is one of the largest employers in the world. Its workforce of around 520,000 employees is present in more than 220 countries and territories on five continents. Almost half the staff work outside the company’s base country. So what is this company? Microsoft? Google? Wal-Mart? Where is it based? The United States? Japan? And […]
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Look for the hero inside yourself
May 21st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I’ve spent the day at an international conference on post office networks. The event finished with a session entitled “The challenges of leadership” when were addressed by an inspirational guy called Pete Goss. I confess that I’d never heard of him before, but he turned out to be an old-fashioned hero: a Cornish farmer who […]
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