Tag: couple

The return

Posted on by bobdvb

Ok, we’ve returned from our holiday in Greece refreshed, I plan to blog on a number of events and exciting things that happened. I’ve also already uploaded a host of pictures, both from our holiday and from the wedding of Angel’s sister.

There are some examples in the wedding pictures of Cretan wedding dancing while having drunk too much wine, it certainly beats anything we might do in the UK. There were over 740 people at the wedding and the couple made me such an integral part of the wedding that I must say I was touch by the gesture. I felt like one of the family and after the interrogation I got about Angel and I, it seems more a question of ‘when’ than ‘if’.

People are commenting that I don’t have much of a tan, well, I’m not one to turn myself into a lobster or leather.

Tempering creativity for a better end?

Posted on by bobdvb

I was just replying to a potential supplier, one who's products I think are so amazing that I won't say their name because it will give away my plans (they only have one product at the moment). I really want to use their product, desperately, it seems that their current product doesn't quite meet all my needs, but roll on 2008/9 and they might be ready. But their product is so useful that I've found many other uses for it in my product range, damn. I lamented to my liason:

 "Oh, how I wish I had a free hand with my work sometimes, what havoc and beauty I would inflict on the world of technology."

I was going to continue my lamenting, but I thought that was enough for a suppliers sensibilities. But I wondered, if I prove myself with a killer product/feature, perhaps I could get some indulgance with future crazy ideas, they'ed have to work out for the first couple of times, but I think they would.

 Does the tempering provided by my commercial colleagues make a better product or does it restrict my creativity? For surely pretty much all that I, as a technologist do is think creatively? Now I rationalise and I think perhaps the tempering is good for business, but perhaps not so good for the world in general? Shouldn't I be let off my leash from time to time?