We normally see employers complaining that recent graduates don’t have “relevant” skills. This article is an interesting twist on that, with the job-seekers themselves complaining about their courses.

The Register: IT grads damn university courses

I think both employers and job seekers are missing the point. There’s a difference between “education” and “training.” University degrees should not simply be vocational training, they should teach principles that can be applied throughout a career and not just specific technologies that might well have a shelf-life of only a few years.

This links in with my earlier post about good technology being invisible. Fonts and typefaces have a far bigger impact on the readability of text than most people think yet you almost never notice their design unless it’s bad enough to make it difficult to comprehend.

This blog, “Quality in Typefaces & Fonts,” by Thomas Phinney, an Adobe employee, doesn’t discuss the design of typefaces — which is an interesting area in itself — but does give some insight into how much effort goes into making a good electronic font.

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I had a small birthday celebration last weekend and, to my surprise, a number of people have been asking what music I was playing. The answer can be found as an iMix on iTunes.

My friend has created a website to document her negative experiences trying to take advantage of the “money back guarantee” that Anthony Robbins offers on his motivational courses. Let her know if you’ve experienced anything similar!

On the principle that all publicity is good, here’s a link to my girlfriend’s job-hunting and career blog. She’s into CSR, PR, events management, marketing and, well, go have a look and find out more. Go on, you know you want to give her a job!

We had a bit of a movie binge this weekend. The highlight was undoubtedly Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. I’ve always been a fan of Nick Park’s work and this is right up there with his best.

How they manage to get so much emotion into such tiny pieces of clay I have no idea. All I can say is that it works.

I’d like to pretend that I had a good reason for posting this, something other than blatant publicity for a friends website, but no. On the plus side, it is prettier than mine and she blogs far more frequently and eloquently than me…

The Dream Story

So much of my favourite music only exists because of this man…

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Obituary: Dr Robert Moog

CNN.com – Synthesizer innovator Moog dies at 71 – Aug 22, 2005