new house, new job
All change, please…
pre-unpacking
First of all, I’ve moved the 47.5 miles from my home-town to sunny south London, with some friends and friends of friends and so on. That’s very exciting, and I’m looking forward to seeing friends a bit more, doing some culture, living well, and generally pretending to be a Grown Up.
Secondly, I’ve just started a super-good new job with the fine folks at The Reading Agency, where I’m the site editor for their teenagerish site Groupthing.
The big idea behind Groupthing is to provide young people with loads of creative inspiration, build a supportive community, and do all sorts of interesting things around writing, reading, language and creativity. (On the other side there’s a bunch of stuff we want to do for professional type people, educating them about technologies and trends and helping them run co-creation stuff with YPs.) There’s plenty to do. And if any of this sounds like it might intersect interestingly with what you do or know about, then definitely drop me an email! It’s certainly refreshing being in a completely new sector, where a Techcrunch is what happens when your hard drive fails. On the other hand, there’s all sorts of new lingo and institutional knowledge to learn, and the challenge of maintaining a pair of fresh eyes - while also adapting to the new terrain.
Anyway, they say moving and starting a new job are two of the more stressful experiences in our lives, but a week or so in and I’m still alive at least. I’ll try and find the time to blog, too…
