Tag Archives: seeing detail

Is this what we’re all living for today?

Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed Take a look at all the suffering we breed So many lonely faces scattered all around Searching for what they need Is this the world we created? what did we do it for? Is this the world we invaded? Against the law? So it [...]

Tools of the trade

In the front left pocket of my jeans is a pen. And my mobile phone. Oh, and a tiny little USB thumb drive with data for things I’m working on. That last item is a new addition in the last couple of months. In the front right pocket of my jeans are all my coins, [...]

The polymaths

I’ve just had another of those moments where something comes into sharp focus and puts a new perspective on my life. This one surrounds work. I’ve been in the world of work  for the best part of fifteen years now, and over that time I’ve observed that many of my peers appear to be polymaths. [...]

The anatomy of a special interest

Whilst browsing the web a few evenings ago, I found myself – as I often do – following my thought process to see where it would lead me. My starting point was a news item I’d seen earlier in the day that had piqued my curiosity. The story was this – a ghost village near [...]

The work problem

I could have called this article Life derailed: part 2 or maybe even Derailed job. It’s really a continuation of my thoughts from the article I wrote yesterday, but applied to my work life. My work life hasn’t been derailed as yet, well not completely at any rate. In my article yesterday I talked about [...]

Camouflage, understanding, and a Big Professor

I’ve recently become aware that there are a number of non-typical things that I do when speaking to people, particularly when it’s a one-to-one conversation. The conversation subject could be anything, but the examples I use below are based on a work scenario, where something technical is being discussed. Perhaps the most obvious (and annoying) [...]

Loud noise feedback

Maybe this is normal. I don’t really want to go round asking people though, because they’ll most likely think I’m mad, regardless of which outcome turns out to be normal. Whatever the case, it’s my Aspie trait of spotting the tiniest of details in things that’s lead me to spotting this, and then wondering what [...]