Tag: banking
Crisis what crisis?
A true tale of management self-interest buried deep within the minutes of a corporate monthly meeting.
Democracy is deaf
After Tony Blair’s appearance before the Iraq Inquiry in the UK, a few thoughts on the growing distance between politics and the people.
Bailing out the banks
Propping up banks with taxpayers’ money is just another sign of worse to come.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
A walk in Longdendale
A bleak, depopulated valley on the Manchester side of the Peak District and a symbol of the industrial revolution.
- Originally published: 21 Feb 2007 in UK
Alias Watch: Damn, He’s/I’m in trouble again
There are other Mike Padgetts in the world. Today I learned that one of them has had some bad news.
- Originally published: 21 Jun 2010 in Editorial
Casablanca
Play it as many times as you want, Sam. I’ll not get tired of it!
- Originally published: 22 Feb 2007 in Film
Oh, we do like to be beside the lakeside
Forget Arthur Ransome, William Wordsworth and that Ruskin bloke, it’s time to get lyrical about our own Lakes experience.
- Originally published: 7 Aug 2006 in UK
Winter holiday in Egypt
The first time we visited Egypt, we discovered the extraordinary beauty of the Red Sea.
- Originally published: 25 Jan 2006 in Middle East
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.