Airplane pilots are world-famous for their dedication to checklists. It makes sense; checklists help to keep them safe and help them to fly some of humanity's most complex machines. If a checklist is good enough for pilots, it should be good enough f...
AI is everywhere right now. And, naturally, the recruitment and job-hunting world is all over it. According to the hype-merchants and doomsayers, AI is poised to take everyone’s job—except maybe the bricklayers, cleaners and hairdressers. A meme (whi...
Working in a coffee shop is a real pleasure. However, to have a comfortable visit, you need to bring the correct equipment. You have to balance two key needs: having the right stuff with you versus what is practical to carry. What do I bringThe good...
It is a universal experience to be in a public place and have to listen to someone else talking far too loudly. And it always seems to be that those who converse loudly are always talking about a topic that should stay at home. Noise and conversation...
Moniaive is home to one of the hidden gems in the Dumfries and Galloway events calendar: the Moniaive Folk Festival. The event takes place over three days, with the main action on Saturday. We were lucky enough to attend on both Saturday and Sunday....
We have all been there, on the spur of the moment, we head off to our favorite coffee shop on a wing and a prayer, with the desire to do some productive and useful work. We end up chatting to fellow customers, looking at the latest horror show from t...
Working in a coffee shop means that you need to grasp what a coffee shop is and what impact your work there has. Coffee shops are the 21st century's third spaces, a third space that used to be taken up by the bar to the pub. They are our societal mel...
For many people, working from home is a career lifestyle dream, allowing them to increase their work-life balance, reduce their commute times, and fit in essentially family time while being more productive. Sometimes the four walls of the house becom...
Having the freedom to work from public spaces like coffee shops, bars, co-working spaces, libraries and other places is the dream. However, this is a dream that is often ruined by distractions. Imagine this situation: you are working from a coffee sh...
Donald Trump loves a good trade war. It has all the thrills and spills of a normal war, without the bloodshed (direct bloodshed) and makes great TV. Donald Trump's 'American First' agenda and its pursuit of trade wars with Mexico, Canada, China and t...