My friend Ian Wallman and his friend Jim Ryan (who owns Miss Moneypenny’s) get together and do a spot of producing under the name Zoned Out. They tend to do a lot of remixes.

Here’s one of their latest ones. It’s for someone called Ashanti.
Wikipedia thinks she’s famous.

I’m so not down with the kids. But I like that ‘people-I-know-and-like’ get to work on top end stuff and, presumably, get paid for it. Go the Birmingham lads.

Juliet, Bobbie and Louise enjoy their beverages

It was a gorgeous day yesterday, and so after a strenuous morning watching the lawns being mowed, I headed to the Fighting Cocks pub in Moseley, where I met with Bobbie, Louise and Juliet for brunch.

Bob had been in town shoe shopping for summer footwear. There would have been a dress purchase as well had a suitable garment been available from a half decent store at a reasonable price - but it was not to be. She texted me to let me know she was on the way:

“On the 50 bus - two pairs of shoes and no dress.”

I replied that I thought this was inappropriate attire for public transport.

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Stef, Pete and Chris join the cow orking revolution

I dropped into the Custard Factory on the way home to see Pete Ashton and drop his copy of Chris Garrett and Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger book that I picked up for him in Chicago. He was making the most of the free wifi network at Rooty’s cafe - and he wasn’t alone.

Stef Lewandowski was there, as was Chris Unitt from Created in Birmingham. And I joined them.

Four around the table, all working on our own stuff, all on mac laptops, all doing what is commonly known in tech circles as ‘co-working’. Or coworking. Or, as it ended up - cow orking.

So there’s a new term that kept us entertained for several minutes, before we went back to our own respective beverages and tasks at hand. Until Chris googled the word orking. It’s a real thing.

And you can do it to cows.

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