Micronyms: Recent Episodes
Tim Difford
Micronyms… Tim Difford digs deep into Microsoft's Acronym Dictionary to explain some of the unusual clusters of letters used daily across the company as it enables every person and organisation on the planet to achieve more.
A day out at the WeWonder festival at Wentworth Woodhouse - I suspend disbelief at an outdoor arts event - great fun!
I complete the #AudioMo challenge for 2019 and take a look back at a full month’s recordings.
I watch sea eagles and take in the sights and sounds of Lake Washington and Mercer Island near Seattle.
I watch sea eagles and take in the sights and sounds of Lake Washington and Mercer Island bear Seattle.
Prompted by a meeting with a colleague from the past I think back to simpler, more complicated times, friends lost and found... and Stereolab.
I nip out to catch the opening hour of the second ever #longplayer day, capturing some Lindsay Seers and Rhodri Davies along the way.
I borrow a book from the free outdoor lending library known as Snøhetta Book Pavilion. Smoking shelter meets Parisian pissoir in its look, this brilliant spot actually gives us a place to escape thanks to the National Literacy Trust. Launched during the 2018 London Design Festival. https://snohetta.com/projects/396-snohetta-book-pavilion
In which I subscribe to a dead tree magazine with an obsolete freebie to read a story I’ve read a million times before.
I took my Dad a playlist of some of his favourite songs. With Alzheimer’s it’s hard to reach moments of focus, purpose and clarity and it was lovely to see him, using headphones to get in the zone, singing along happily and undistracted. #alzheimers
Reflecting on Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures on it’s 40th anniversary and also on what I was actually listening to at the time.
This is the audio only, uncaptioned version of this recording - which highlights the challenges presented and the questions raised about accessibility - subtitled video version is in my Twitter feed : https://twitter.com/timdifford/status/1139433071529340928?s=21
Me and my colleagues spend a day getting things into perspective - some mindfulness and and some apprenticeship - no one got fired.
I go to work by boat for the first time on the MBNA Clipper from Embankment Pier to Canary Wharf
My first visit to the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge - not my first time seeing Nick Lowe but one of the best!
Rose and I take a walk along an ancient thoroughfare and discover some protected inhabitants.
Insomnia leads me to rediscover some handwritten recipes books from the turn of the last century, whilst listening to Dick Gaughan’s Handful of Earth...
A day spent foraging in North Yorkshire with the Taste The Wild team. Join me as I discover how to tap a birch tree, and find the secret of finding Burdock roots... https://tastethewild.co.uk
I find a short story vending machine. The end. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/06/free-short-story-vending-machines-delight-commuters
In which I attend a DevOps Hackathon for the first time and take an exam in my hotel room... just me and my proctor!
Reflections on a journey to Oxford, a half remembered tale, some exceptional music, great coffee and a dodgy incense stick.
A quick pre work stroll on a pretty perfect spring morning... what can we hear? Find me... @timdifford