Comments on: The 10 Commendments by Chris Goldson

By: Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:16:38 +0000

Here Here Chris, it has always been and I hope always will be the case tht there’s a great community spirit within these here walls. We’ve got a great history of including everybody, making everyone feel welcome and I genuinely think the fact that everyone generally gets on with each other on a social level benefits the business too, it makes it a great place to work which external visitors/clients and those outside the business always seem to comment on.

Let’s keep this up!
(I’m not just talking about piss-ups in the pub and social gatherings but lets not beat around the bush that’s a big part of it, even now the Midas has gone!)

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:14:27 +0000

I can’t give it enough emphasis – love your IT staff. They handle the web filters. ;]

(Seriously, never hesitate to make nice with IT, security, or janitorial services. Manners cost nothing and you never know when you’ll need help covering your tracks. ;] )

By: adam

adam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:25:07 +0000

Niko – you needn’t feel sorry for me in 5). As Llia correctly summises – this is a self-imposed rule.

[By the way - smileys now turned off so that "8)" above reads correctly]

By: llia

llia — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:45:36 +0000

1.) I fell foul of that one, I think it was J.Cridland who emailed everyone in the digital media team from my account to say that I loved them. (It’s not a lie, so I couldn’t be too mad…)

4.) You won’t go a day in the office without hearing someone singing to the radio at some point.

5.) I think this is a rule which Bowie has imposed on himself. :D

8.) Mischief is what we do best!

9.) Through my interactions with listeners on the website, they are indeed a lovely bunch.
And when you say “step out of VIP,” I sincerely hope you don’t mean the VIP area of the website! Of course you don’t, our VIPers are a valuable source of ideas, constructive criticism and support, as Clive discovered below. The listeners help make us the success that we are.

10.) Drinking solves nothing… but it helps!

Changing tack slightly, I likened the current state of affairs to be like baking…

“It’s like making a cake. The first time you bake one, your mate might have a bite and say, “It’s nice.. but there’s not enough jam!” So next time, you know that to make it better, you put in more jam.
Then maybe the next time, someone says, “I love your cake, but I reckon a bit of butter icing wouldn’t go amiss.” So you grab the butter and icing sugar and make some nice yummyness for the next batch.
In other words, you keep improving the cake with stuff that’s great.

Maybe your ‘jam’ is new music. Maybe your ‘butter icing’ is a wider playlist. You see what I mean though, right? Anyway, I think I should stop with the cake analogy because it’s making me hungry.”

Cake anyone?

By: Niko (from Manila)

Niko (from Manila) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:44:01 +0000

I feel for Adam. Back in my university days (they ended a couple of months ago) I was the one taking a lot of photos. And so I also got pressured to get them up, even if I don’t really have a decent Internet connection…