Archive for October, 2009

Time-thievery

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Bloomin’ heck – user-friendly as the software may be, this business of setting up a weblog could steal as much time as messing around with FTP did in the mid-90s! Note to self: Don’t get sucked in.

Opening lines

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

As I’m about to go to Addis Ababa, to work for 6 months as a Governance Adviser with DFID Ethiopia I thought I would take this opportunity to write a blog.

I’m hoping that it will help me to keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues and enable me to share my thoughts about what I am sure will be a fascinating and challenging experience.

I start in Addis in about 3 weeks’ time and can’t wait to get there! Watch this space …