Feb 3, 2010 Posted by alan jones

Does watching a movie on a plane make you cry?

It does for me. I have to be really careful with my movie choices when I’m flying internationally, for fear of looking like a big sook in front of complete strangers. (This post started out as a comment on fatpaddler.com, where Sean mentions crying while watching The Cove. But me, I’ll cried in anything with a sad moment. Well, anything except romantic comedies starring Sandra Bullock or... read more

Jan 13, 2010 Posted by alan jones

My wish for 2010: a little bit of Shhh please

I’m back from a longer summer break than I had planned, due partly to the irresistably seductive charms of a particular beach house but also because my wife Melissa being diagnosed with breast cancer. Elsewhere in the world, as the Copenhagen climate conference showed how self-interest and greed still drive humanity on a global scale, James Cameron’s Avatar3D inspired me to renew my... read more

Nov 15, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Go swim with a humpback whale!

Enough of these critical posts! I’m going to redress the balance by sharing something wonderful. Each year my wife and son and I try to find the time to go on a journey together and have at least one really extraordinary experience. This year, we travelled to Tonga. Scott Portelli and the team at Swimming With Gentle Giants took us swimming in shallow tropical seas with humpback whales and their... read more

Nov 6, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Friday funny: Code Monkey

I was talking to a CIO yesterday about how hard it is to relate to “IT people”. I think by “IT people” the CIO meant developers. Personally, I enjoy relating to developers and prefer their company to other species of IT people such as  project management, sales and marketing. I think I’m half-geek — unable to gracefully code but deeply in awe of those who do. Today... read more

Oct 30, 2009 Posted by alan jones

I won a Perkler tee shirt!

Wow, i do not photograph well But I won this very nice tee shirt in a random draw after completing a user survey on Perkler.com. Yay for me! And I thought it was the right thing to do to thank the Perkler guys with a quick post. Full disclosure: Perkler is a Pollenizer client and I do some work through Pollenizer. I haven’t personally worked on Perkler. So while I’m conflicted to a certain... read more