Community Building | Joe's Jottings https://joepritchard.me.uk Being the homepage and blog of Joe... Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:14:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 When unfriending is the friendly thing to do https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/12/when-unfriending-is-the-friendly-thing-to-do/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:00:14 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7837 I’m not a great social media junkie; I think I have a Tumblr account, somewhere.  I don’t have an Instagram account or use Reddit, and whilst Blackberry Messenger is (apparently) installed and available on my Blackberry I don’t have anyone to talk to on it except charming young ladies who seem to be short of […]

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]]> Today you, tomorrow me https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/today-you-tomorrow-me/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:04:52 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7853 The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is feed the cats, then make tea, then sit and allow some of my higher brain functions to come online, usually whilst browsing Facebook.  There then comes a point where abstract thought is possible and then I like to write. The nice thing […]

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]]> Dandelion Breaks and how to avoid them https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/dandelion-breaks-and-how-to-avoid-them/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:08:33 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1586 I have always been a great fan of Berke Breathed’s cartoon strip ‘Bloom County’. For those of you whose life is as yet incomplete, lacking reporting from the strange world of Bloom County, I refer you to https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/ where the current ongoing daily adventures of the characters can be found. Originally Bloom County stopped being published […]

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]]> To Peace…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/to-peace/ Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:43:19 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7736 …and before everyone leaps up, glasses and coffee mugs in hands, and shouts ‘To Peace’ back to me, I’m not offering a toast here! I’m thinking that it’s about time we made ‘peace’ a verb. Henri Nouwens had this to say : “Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? […]

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]]> The Birth of a Brand https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/03/the-birth-of-a-brand/ Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:46:29 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=992 As some of you may know, I’m on the Board of the Hillsborough Forum, a group that works for the economic regeneration of the Hillsborough area of Sheffield, and also coordinates other activities in that area, such as ‘Yorkshire in Bloom’ and other community activities, such as Community Gardening.  I’m very proud of my involvement […]

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]]> A 21 hour working week? Earth calling nef…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/02/a-21-hour-working-week-earth-calling-nef/ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:33:51 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=805 I don’t like to admit it in public, but I kind of like my work.  I’m self-employed, in IT.  I probably do around 35 hours a week ‘client facing’ work and probably about 10 hours a week grubbing up new work, invoicing, etc.  I’ll work longer hours when needs be, and slack when I can.  […]

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]]> John Healey – Caring, sharing New Labour – repossessions can be good! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/02/john-healey-caring-sharing-new-labour-repossessions-can-be-good/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:30:09 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=794 Unsurprisingly, repossessions are at a 14 year high.  It would have been unthinkable for the recession to have had any other impact on householder finances, as is indicated by this report on the BBC website today.  So it was pretty useful for John Healey, the current housing minister, to be interviewed today on Radio 5.  […]

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]]> Sheffield Sevenstones – Public funding for private gain? https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/01/sheffield-sevenstones-public-funding-for-private-gain/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:58:50 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=699 What a surprise – Sheffield City Council and Yorkshire Forward are planning to  chip in £20 millions towards helping kick start the stalled £600 million ‘Sevenstone’ retail quarter in Sheffield City Centre.  Don’t get me wrong – this area of the city centre could do with some redevelopment.  Whether this project is right and whether […]

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]]> The Social Media Numbers Game https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/01/the-social-media-numbers-game/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:08:33 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=507 I’m old enough to have used an address book and still have a Rolodex on the phone table.  When I actually sit down and think about the people with whom I have reasonably regular ‘quality’ contact in a 3 month period, either electronically or face to face, it probably amounts to no more than a […]

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]]> In the long run…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2009/12/in-the-long-run/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:00:15 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=371 …we’re all dead, so goes the old joke. I’ve found myself thinking of ‘the long run’ increasingly often over the last year, and I’m not sure why.  I think partially it’s due to having children around on a reasonably regular basis for the first time; I’ve found myself thinking more of the world that they […]

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