ThreeDimensionalPeople

One of the many benefits of marrying an Italian (ok Italian American) is the fantastic food. Now, my mum's a great cook, but inevitably ...

Had to do a double take on this email i just received: "Dear Mr Johnston, Apologies for the intrusion. According to our records we don...

One of the quaintest garbled Finglishisms from my time in Helsinki, and there were many, was when my colleagues would warn of the dangers of...

I met David Blumenstein recently at a schmooze-fest in New York. He's one of the founders of The Hatchery - a mashup of Dragons Den a...

Stayed at the westin in december while there for a short trip. youch. my advice, avoid breakfast in bed. $18 eggs benedicts + 9.3% tax + 18%...

I saw yesterday that we launched a very nice looking phone the n97, but was dismayed that it was immediately branded an iphone killer. At...

ok, well i didn't really vote but i went in the booth with my wife who is a bona fide american citizen and witnessed the process - quite...

Got back from honeymoom to discover that our CTO Bob Iannucci has  stepped down  - great shame.  Was lucky enough to work with Bob on a numb...

so here's a thought. my best man christian is coming to new york next weekend, and is finding it impossible to find anywhere decent to s...

one of the problems with coming to america is having to remember to pay off my credit cards in time. got stung last month as i just forgot t...

aggregation space is a hot. but am not yet convinced. i got an email notification from friendfeed that someone (hi Timo) has commented on on...

Impressive new york taxis Originally uploaded by sdbj have to say am impressed with the consumer facing technology installed recently in th...

Would be great if someone would invent a high powered directional-microwave-tazar-thingy that could be used to fry car alarms from a distanc...

America is a wonderful place that revels in its leading edge technologies and superior service culture. Much of that is, much of the time, p...

Greetings from the Holiday Inn Express in Hammersmith - in the twilight zone between living in London and living in New York. Flat is packe...

I was happy to see the return of Tyler Brûlé's Fast Track column in today's weekend FT . It provides breezy opinion-rich accounts o...

Continuing to document my service experiences good, bad and downright ugly, today's gas stove engineer was probably among the most expen...

(Pic from National Geographic, link embedded) This blog has been ambling along with no particular theme - an aide memoire of things that mak...

simon johnson - heathrow's finest shoe shine Originally uploaded by sdbj The shoe-shiner is a dying breed. Despite no pressure from the...

I have a 5yr old VW golf, and one of the reasons I like it is that it lets you kill yourself if you want to. Well, more specifically, it let...