Mind Circus

Sherwood

Sheffield

I’ve just spent the last week relaxing in Sherwood Forest; and then went from there to Sheffield, to visit my sister over the weekend

A few things I’d really like to do at some point…

1. Learn how to speak publicly.
2. Become a career mentor, or an IT mentor, or both. (I’m probably too young for this just yet).
3. Actually get around to reading Getting Things Done (oh the irony).

Maybe I’ll turn this into a Wordpress page (rather than a Blog Post) and add to it as more things pop into my head

I don’t know about you, but I always struggle to find a valentine’s card that doesn’t make me want to throw up.

OK, so I’m lazy; I want to drop off a load of letters with a minimal amount of effort.

Now, for some bizarre reason, Royal Mail don’t have a Post Box finder on their site. All I can find is this page, which states:

Nothing could be simpler than dropping your mail into one of our Postboxes. There are 115,000 Postboxes nationwide, so wherever you find yourself, there’s one not too far away.

Cute. But why can’t you tell me how “not too far away” one is! You can tell me where my nearest Post Office is, so is it really that much more of a stretch to give me the closest postbox?

I wonder if there’s a social-networking-type website that maps out Post Boxes? I’m envisioning a Google Maps mash up type thing! Hmmm…

A friend of a friend just started work at Red Gate in Cambridge. I’ve heard about them before, when they won a Best Small Companies to Work For award last year; and from looking at their website, it’s clear to see why.

Here’s some things that stand out for me (and that a lot of companies can learn from):

• Their site is insanely easy to navigate - and crucially, it’s easy to identify where you are in the site infrastructure.
• The fact that Red Gate’s career pages give a completely transparent view inside the company.
• Red Gate has ethics, and gives back to the community - and helps employees to do so
• The principles behind the Feel Good Fund, not to mention things like Massages, yoga, and the feel good fridge!
• Red Gate has quiet areas. Open Plan offices are fantastic, but sometimes you just need to lock down and concentrate without any chance of interruption.

What do you think makes a good company?