As many will know I do like to take the odd picture or twenty and recently I was thinking about my photography, where it is going and what has been my recent focus (excuse the pun).     Over the last couple of months I have not taken that many photos, but when I have I really have still enjoyed it, so this got me thinking about what I am using and...

Quick post to say now in my seventh month at Salesforce.com and still loving every minute of it… Lots of change and lots of work completed over the last few months and more to come. Now in the process of preparing for my first ever Dreamforce in San Francisco 18-21 September 2012. There are some amazing keynotes and customer speakers…

  The first week at Salesforce.com has finished, so first impressions are it is a very dynamic and vibrant company and like all my previous employers loads of fantastic people. Enjoyed the welcome and the chance to get active with some customer work along with a long list of education, training and certification ahead of me. Being back based in Staines was a bit...

Now I have finished Christmas and the New Year celebrations I can get back to my gardening leave. Once again I find myself in the position to be on gardening leave, as I am now leaving Oracle to join a competitive organisation in a few weeks time. More about the new role and organisation nearer the time. But having created a list of jobs around the house to be...

I completed my first duathlon today at the Castle Combe circuit. It was the Big Chilly Duathlon cover 2miles running, followed by 10miles cycling before ending with another 2miles running. The track was foggy in the morning, but it cleared a bit and we did have some drizzle just before my race start. Before the race I had thought about what did I want to achieve with...

With the very sad news this week of Steve Jobs passing away and also hearing that my personal trainer has a growth on her brain it really makes you reflect on your own life. I really wish Zoe my PT a speedy recovery as who else is going to get me to keep up my fitness and make sure I exercise regularly….. With life put into perspective with these two events it...

Having lived in our house for about  9 years we always intended to do something with the garden to improve the design, layout and usage, but never quite got to a postion to really progress the space. We started when I was on garden leave about 2.5 years ago by removing all the cracked and broken concrete from the back area of the garden. Next to be tackled was the...