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assay (verb, noun): testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality Let's start with that definition. Aware of it as I am in part child of Birmingham's famed Jewellery Quarter, I read about such process lately with the annual age-old Trial of

If there's one genre to be incredibly wary of, it's surely that of self-help. I myself have little time for the Robbins' of this world. One of many self-styled guru problems, is that whenever there is a kernel of a decent idea, it is swamped

Dubai. Been there couple o' times. Has its issues. But has a crackle of business. London. Longtime in and around. Has its issues. Now there's the clatter of everything falling apart. A business owner - with a super online service up and running a few years now

I've long railed against what I like to call inertians. Those we encounter on a bid with first instinct always to retain the status quo. They are avowedly change-averse. Everything's fine as it is, well if not quite so rosy, then will be, soon. Firmly in

I've long remembered the above cartoon. Once more tangentially reminded of it when talking someone through the Ratchet Effect. Technically, it refers to when a direction is so set in train, it's almost impossible to stop. On a bid, you can see this when what you

Had someone spy through your phone? The thought of it alone instils horror. Here's the latest five warning signs I read; * battery suddenly drains way quicker * overheats when idle * strange spikes in data consumption * SMS containing odd or unusual characters * weird activity when not in use, like screen

You don't get much more metropolitan liberal elite than former UK PM, Tony Blair. Since being turfed out of office, becoming extraordinarily rich advising the governing class across the globe. Many as reprehensible as they are immune to any ballet box, given his game on how to approach

Political mapping is a core part of solution selling. So intrigue oozes from this short-lived uploaded chart[ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ] (from London's Telegraph) of where papal runners sit ahead of the most secretive of ballots. Organised religion, blimey. Other views are open. In this race, the odds are widely reported