Me, my blog and I
Who I am
Boringly accurate academic and professional details can be found at my LinkedIn profile which you can view by clicking here.
Avid reader, self proclaimed maven*, pacifist, idealist, optimist, libertarian.
Fascinated by psychological profiling tests - score as an INTJ on Meyers Briggs , Resource Investigator or Monitor/Evaluator on Belbin’s team roles depending on context, and in the Big Five my OCEAN scoring is O65-C25-E37-A2-N18.
If it’s not obvious already, I’m a bit of a geek.
Why this blog
I started this blog in April 2006 when it became clear that email is no longer a useful vehicle for distributing information. The blog started with the kind of information I thought others in the industry would find useful - news items, reviews of new publications and events. This quickly evolved to include my opinions and a means of conversing and debating with others who write on similar topics. This army of bloggers can be found at my blogroll. Check them out.
I write, finance and maintain this website by myself, in spare moments. I am not paid to do so and do not have ads on the site. However, if you would really like contribute, I would be more than happy to receive.
Rules of engagement
The opinions in this blog are mine. They are not the opinions of former or current employers. I try to be accurate and objective, but as I am not a professional journalist, unavoidably mistakes, errors and ego will happen. Please do not rely on this blog as a qualified source of information.
Comments are welcome. I read all comments and so far have only blocked spam. That said, normal rules apply. No libel, be polite and play nicely.
Who I am not
If you have found this blog whilst looking for Melanie Starr, who appears to be a relatively famous p0rn star you will be sadly disappointed. I am not her.
And I am not Mel Starr, an author of medieval mysteries. Sorry.
*maven - a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others
