Sport

Article — 4 July 2019 — 642 words

Managing your professional decline

It is suggested that a decline in our careers is inevitable, and comes earlier than you might expect. So what should we do about it?

Article — 16 December 2018 — 863 words

Belgian Grand Prix race day — Trip to Belgium part 3

Formula 1 — Motorsport — Personal — Travel

This year’s Belgian Grand Prix may have been a damp squib, but we still had a great time on race day.

Article — 13 December 2018 — 1,089 words

Trip to Belgium part 2 — Belgian Grand Prix qualifying day, and F1 Vision reviewed

Formula 1 — Motorsport — Personal — Technology — Travel

The on-track action ramped up on Saturday, with the the first races of the weekend — and F1 qualifying. But the handheld F1 Vision device could have done with some improvements.

Article — 9 December 2018 — 1,191 words

Our first grand prix experience — Trip to Belgium part 1 — Arrival and Friday practice

Formula 1 — Personal — Travel

Even though both Gordon and I have been avid Formula 1 fans since we were kids, we have never made it to a grand prix. That changed when we went with Alex on a road trip to see the Belgian Grand Prix.

Article — 11 November 2018 — 1,015 words

How to get results in the ultimate agile environment

Business — Formula 1 — Technology — Work

How lessons from how Formula 1 teams are managed could apply to other businesses.

Article — 20 September 2018 — 527 words

The problem with trusting experience over expertise (a story about design thinking, astronauts, Formula 1 pundits and Brexit)

Architecture — Design — Formula 1 — Media — Politics

The media — and society in general — has gradually drifted away from listening to expert figures, in favour of practitioners. But it is leaving us less enlightened.

Article — 10 September 2018 — 419 words

I smashed my expectations at Pedal for Scotland 2018

Cycling — Edinburgh — Personal — Sport

Yesterday was Pedal for Scotland, the annual cycle from Glasgow to Edinburgh. It’s the second time I have taken part, my first being last year. But I was concerned that I wouldn’t be prepared enough for the 45 mile cycle.

Article — 22 March 2018 — 1,953 words

20 years ago I wrote to every F1 team — this is what they sent back

Formula 1

The response I got from the teams was varied and telling. In many ways, the character of each team shone through in how they responded.

Article — 23 July 2016 — 3,443 words

The once in a lifetime trip to the 24 Hours of Le Mans that became the first of many

Motorsport — Photography — Travel

How my brother and I caught the bug at the world’s most legendary motor race.

Article — 22 September 2015 — 744 words

Sent sideways at Driftland UK

Motorsport — Personal

Last weekend I packed a spare pair of pants for a “passenger drift experience” at Driftland UK.

Article — 14 March 2015 — 762 words

Improve the user experience of Formula 1 live timing with this one small tweak

Design — Digital — Formula 1 — User experience — Web

The new Formula1.com has brought great new live timing functionality. But the user experience could be improved. Find out how you can improve it yourself in time for the Australian Grand Prix.

Article — 10 December 2014 — 394 words

PNG versus SVG

Sport — Technology — Web

For years the debate has raged on. Which image file format is better: PNG or SVG? The Commonwealth Games gave us the chance to find out.