Worth less than 2p

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I really value the opportunity to have a platform to share my thoughts. I'm not vain enough to think I should have a big following, but fortunately... there is a pretty good search engine out there that will highlight some of my musings to you if you happen to search for something I happened to blog about.

I have an older blog available on http://alfred.spaces.live.com, but paused my blogging there a good few years ago, when I took on a sensitive role in Microsoft that meant it was no longer appropriate for me to share my daily thoughts with the world. This morning, I reached a tipping point, wanting to again have a channel for my thoughts. And this is it! And, for several reasons I decided to proceed in a fresh home... now on blogger.

So - no longer the old blog called "Alfred's 2p worth"... I've self-downgraded the value to just musings :) Free.


Just to set the context: I'm now at Google, working in the Enterprise business... the part of Google that sell stuff to businesses. And I'm passionate about making Google successful through partners.

And here is my observation of the day:
I'm shocked to learn that the construction industry in the UK is *still* exceptionally quiet. A good friend of mine working at the early stages of construction, says that they only have one project on the books (coming to an end soon), and nothing else... no pipeline... and this is for a business with many tens of employees.

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