Socks away!

The sock trade is really hotting up in the run up to Christmas. Me and the team have spent the morning wrapping and sending out socks (see above) to be worn by some darn lucky (and happy) feet! My feet, on the other hand, are super sad and wet due to the terrible weather in London this am . . .

77

It seems they've finally knocked down the old GLA roundabout building on the South Bank - a relic of the 70's architectural gory (sic) days.
I've passed it daily on the 77 bus on the way to work, and it's strangely sad to see it go. Instead of the 70's monstrosity we're promised luxury apartments. I can't wait . . .

Holidayarama

I'm finally back from holiday! A nice long week away in Portugal with Catherine (my loverly girlfriend). Nothing massive to relay from le time away, apart from Portugal has super v.tasty food and it rains a lot (for a lot read all the time) in November. The wine / port is pretty tidy too! Back to work now, and back to my core two focuses of attention at the mo - promoting my new Delib toy "aMap" (for more info see here) and developing our new Rubber Republic ad network (super secret!).

Buff Hoon

Yesterday was another eventful day. Lunch was spent at the European Parliament offices down by St. James Park. Geoff / Buff Hoon, the now Europe Minister (photo above), was the guest of honour at the launch event of a new European Parliament project aimed at educating young people about how Europe works. The sarnies were darn good, and the company was pretty good too.

My afternoon was spent meeting part of the PLC who are courting us at the mo. We chatted about synergies etc. which was all v.interesting. I of course enthused about our new aMap product (from Delib) - which I don't know whether impressed them or baffled them. Overall they seem like a nice bunch.

After some catching up at the office, in the evening I nipped off for a quick pint at the Phoenix to catch up with Al and Sooos before they leave of their trip around the world. Al had some interesting insights to give re: the approach from an equity investment perspective + Sooos seemed more concerned about what she was going to pack for her big trip!

[N.B. this I was supposed post this on Friday - but I didn't]

Part 2

Following on my "good news / bad news" theme . . .
It's all been super hectic this week so far (as ever). In the good news section comes news of a good meeting with the representative of the PLC that is looking to acquire us. Apart from being flattering that anyone would consider acquiring us, it's genuinely an exciting opportunity. The juries still out as to whether we're interested in being acquired, mainly due to us having trouble understanding what that means from both a conceptual and practical perspective. Further good news comes in the form of me and Catherine having booked a holiday!

In the bad news section sits firmly National Expresses lack of action on the "me being beaten up by a bus driver front". This is not good enough frankly, and when I've got a mo, I'll be taking action with them (and the bizarre bus driver who attacked me). Also in the bad news pot comes news that I lost tennis against my office chum Al. Double darn!

Good news / Bad news

Today was a pretty hectic but good day at rubberHQ in Bristol. Good news came in the form of new contracts for both Delib and Rubber Republic. Further good news came in form of yet another media suitor looking to potentially acquire a piece of the Rubber pie. This time apparently it's a PLC after us - I quite like the idea of Rubber PLC . . .

Bad news came in the form of an incident linked to my new policy of travelling by bus to our office in Bristol . . . I have to say that the National Express bus itself was pretty comfortable, however being physically assaulted by the bus driver was a touch on the uncomfortable side . . . This attack, completely unprovoked, led to an evening in the police station rather than my scheduled evening at a book launch. I will of course be persuing the National Express bus driver, whose photo is shown above: a snap shot of him just before he attacked me . . . Isn't modern technology great!

What the future holds

The last time I started a blog, it all went swimmingly to begin with. Loads of posts, lots of enthusiasm - and then a big silence . . . The silence was mainly to do with the lack of stuff to talk about. The blog I'd set up was to talk about "brand participation", which is a subject whose subject matter did really wane after a while. So here I am, talking about socks. My prediction is that the sock is mightier than the sword, and my love affair with blogging about socks (or not blogging about socks) will continue into the future . . . Oh hale the sock!