PUB chain Wetherspoons is to open outlets in accident and emergency departments for injured brawlers who want another drink.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/

Platt's Puzzlings

As promised, here is the testimony of my bank holiday training experience.

Acting editor's blog

About three weeks ago, Bill Gates attended the Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, and made some 'contentious' statements about the future of education, predicting the web as the future of learning and other such fairly sensible soothsayings. Now the dust has settled, let's consider his comments.

Acting editor's blog

In anticipation of the (probably) hectic goings on next weekend, I don't plan to overexert myself in the next two days. Because, next weekend, I'll be undertaking my own training programme as I head to Shambala festival in Northampton to help train a group of 15 to 17-year-olds on how to use various video/audio/written blogging tools like cover-it-live and twitcasting.

Acting editor's blog

So, my first week as acting editor of Training Zone has almost come to a close.

I've got involved in the site and community quite a lot and have a decent handle on what the interesting debates are and where they're happening. I've found out what the generally more contentious subjects are (stand up, NeuroLinguistic Programming) and have kind of got my fingers burnt naively thinking that I can iron out any issues, whereas any heated discussion will generally extinguish itself, maybe with a couple of helpful buckets of water from our community manager, Becky Midgley.  

Acting editor's blog

Train as a coach?It is said that in California the people who made the money on the gold rush were the people selling the picks and shovels not those digging for gold. The same could be true in the world of Coaching, with those making the money selling training and profiling tools.

Diagnostics, needs analysis and organisational development

Hopefully you won’t have noticed that there’s something a little bit different around here onTrainingZone.co.uk, because with any luck the transition has gone smoothly enough to be seamless, nay virtually invisible; but Verity, our incumbent editor, is off on maternity leave and has left the community in my equally (fingers crossed) capable hands. Hers are big boots to fill, as she has nurtured and grown this community of trainers, coaches and leaders superbly over the last few months, but it won’t take too much for her good work to continue under my supervision 

Acting editor's blog

"The next time you feel angry at a friend who has let you down, or grateful toward one whose generosity has surprised you, consider this: you may really be bargaining for better treatment from that person in the future. According to a controversial new theory, our emotions have evolved as tools to manipulate others into cooperating with us." http://www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/dn19232-do-raw-emotions-give-...

Platt's Puzzlings

http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/ipad-kindle-reading-study/

Platt's Puzzlings

I’ve recently been switched on to the writings of Clay Shirky, internet commentator and all round good egg. If he’s new to you, check out this as one example, http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html but there’s loads more at www.shirky.com.

Robin Hoyle's Blog