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Thanks to Damien for suggesting the Clarion hotel and thanks to Pat for booking it (remember Pat, 20 quid budget).

We’ll be in Dublin on Tuesday 8th of January and you can probably guess where we’re going to eat that evening. You got it, Jaipur. So, if you’d like to hang out and watch me spill curry all over myself then drop a comment. Say 7pm in town.

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Thanks to Rebecca Caroe for the link.

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Wearing nothing but raggedy old rags, carrying her worldly possessions in two plastic bags, my heart was touched by this persons’ condition.

Some people turned to stare. Others quickly looked away as if the sight would somehow contaminate them.

Recalling some long ago Sunday School admonition to “care for the sick, feed the hungry and clothe the naked,” I was moved by some powerful inner urge to reach out to this unfortunate person.

Yes, where some people saw only rags, I saw a hidden beauty in this person. A small voice inside my head called out, “Reach out, Vern, reach out!”

So I did…

I won’t be at church this week.

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Paul is calling upon his friends to explain what they’re doing/thinking in 1 word.

Whilst I received a personal message on Facebook from Ant Clay via his blackberry, Elizabeth Varley, Kathryn McMann, Chris Rawlinson and Lee Thomas wrote on my wall. Did Tom Jordan, Lisa Rodwell, Richard Sambrook and Aoife Brennan change their status update as a result of this wee game? It’s likely to be a coincidence.

Anyway, I wasn’t in the mood for writing a serious post tonight (as I watch the World’s Biggest Boy on Channel 4) and am in the mood for being a little silly.

Can you sum yourself in 1 word. I’d describe myself as an ‘opportunist’.

[Update] I got so bored waiting for my backup to finish, so I decided to create a Facebook group for this rubbish. Get silly and join now.

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We’re looking for a volunteer to design a one/two page flyer for the BIMA Facebook Debate event which takes place in a few weeks. So, time is of the essence. Check out the Facebook event page here.

This invite is open to agencies, freelancers and students. All we ask is for you to put your name forward along with a few examples of your work. Nothing long winded required and no formal pitching will be requested.

We’re not entirely sure how the winner will be picked. What we do know, is that it will be very informal and very quick.

So, please volunteer now and get your brand noticed by the huge audience that’s talking about the event. We’ll promote your work on the flyer so everyone will know who designed it!

We’ll also give you 2 guest passes and 2 limited edition t-shirts. The event is completely sold out and the t-shirts haven’t even been designed yet.

Please get in touch by emailing paul@segala.com

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You’ll notice more posts coming from Adrian (aka Aido) and Kamrul now that I’ve taken two weeks off to recharge the batteries in Egypt. It should force them into writing more regularly too now that Adrian is back in Dublin HQ after a summer stint with emap in London.

Adrian is likely to cover Web accessibility most of the time. He may even try to write a humorous post from time to time. Kamrul will mostly cover blog design and development tips to help you improve your own blog. He’ll also cover technology reviews more generally, as he used to when he was paid to blog before joining Segala as a developer.

As for me, I’ll continue to dive in one of the world’s top dive sites until I turn into a prune.

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Disclousure: This was my second attempt running the test so I got my startrak question correct. Initially I manged 63% second time round I got 68%.

68% GeekMingle² – Free Online Dating

Leave a comment and let me know how you get on, and no cheating lol

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I was out with Paul last night following Day 1 of the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices face to face meeting and he confessed to me that there just aren’t enough hours in the day for him to let the world know his every thought. Lets face it, he does have the occasional good idea or opinion. My heart went out to him and i thought to myself ‘this tragedy can not be allowed to go on any longer’. What to do, what to do….

….I know! He needs a blog gimp!

Behold, the must have accessory for the modern Web 2.0 blogger. Afterall, it is an awful chore to blog whilst drunk or hungover.

Blog Gimp code of conduct:

1. blog gimps MUST blog its masters every thought and opinion
2. blog gimps MUST NOT exercise editorial license
3. blog gimps MUST NEVER EVER speak (the threat that blog gimp will reveal itself to be more intelligent/interesting than its master is all too real)
4. blog gimps MUST go where its master goes. Toilet breaks are the only exception, however, deviant masters may ignore this exception if they so wish
5. blog gimps MUST wear standard gimp attire (see image for reference)

All applicants should email paul directly and include a photo.

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Apparently Scott’s an ENTJ.

So, why not take the test and let me know what you scored. I’m an eNFj. I’ve provided a description below. Does this mean I could be the next President of Ireland?

Extraverted iNuitive Feeling Judging

ENFJs are the benevolent ‘pedagogues’ of humanity. They have tremendous charisma by which many are drawn into their nurturant tutelage and/or grand schemes. Many ENFJs have tremendous power to manipulate others with their phenomenal interpersonal skills and unique salesmanship. But it’s usually not meant as manipulation — ENFJs generally believe in their dreams, and see themselves as helpers and enablers, which they usually are.

ENFJs are global learners. They see the big picture. The ENFJs focus is expansive. Some can juggle an amazing number of responsibilities or projects simultaneously. Many ENFJs have tremendous entrepreneurial ability.

ENFJs are, by definition, Js, with whom we associate organization and decisiveness. But they don’t resemble the SJs or even the NTJs in organization of the environment nor occasional recalcitrance. ENFJs are organized in the arena of interpersonal affairs. Their offices may or may not be cluttered, but their conclusions (reached through feelings) about people and motives are drawn much more quickly and are more resilient than those of their NFP counterparts.

ENFJs know and appreciate people. Like most NFs, (and Feelers in general), they are apt to neglect themselves and their own needs for the needs of others. They have thinner psychological boundaries than most, and are at risk for being hurt or even abused by less sensitive people. ENFJs often take on more of the burdens of others than they can bear.

TRADEMARK: “The first shall be last”

This refers to the open-door policy of ENFJs. One ENFJ colleague always welcomes me into his office regardless of his own circumstances. If another person comes to the door, he allows them to interrupt our conversation with their need. While discussing that need, the phone rings and he stops to answer it. Others drop in with a ‘quick question.’ I finally get up, go to my office and use the call waiting feature on the telephone. When he hangs up, I have his undivided attention!

Functional Analysis

Extraverted Feeling

Extraverted Feeling rules the ENFJ’s psyche. In the sway of this rational function, these folks are predisposed to closure in matters pertaining to people, and especially on behalf of their beloved. As extraverts, their contacts are wide ranging. Face-to-face relationships are intense, personable and warm, though they may be so infrequently achieved that intimate friendships are rare.
Introverted iNtuition

Like their INFJ cousins, ENFJs are blessed through introverted intuition with clarity of perception in the inner, unconscious world. Dominant Feeling prefers to find the silver lining in even the most beggarly perceptions of those in their expanding circle of friends and, of course, in themselves. In less balanced individuals, such mitigation of the unseemly eventually undermines the ENFJ’s integrity and frequently their good name. In healthier individuals, deft use of this awareness of the inner needs and desires of others enables this astute type to win friends, influence people, and avoid compromising entanglements.The dynamic nature of their intuition moves ENFJs from one project to another with the assurance that the next one will be perfect, or much more nearly so than the last. ENFJs are continually looking for newer and better solutions to benefit their extensive family, staff, or organization.

Extraverted Sensing

Sensing is extraverted. ENFJs can manage details, particularly those necessary to implement the prevailing vision. These data have, however, a magical flexible quality. Something to be bought can be had for a song; the same something is invaluable when it’s time to sell. (We are not certain, but we suspect that such is the influence of the primary function.) This wavering of sensory perception is made possible by the weaker and less mature status with which the tertiary is endowed.
Introverted Thinking

Introverted Thinking is least apparent and most enigmatic in this type. In fact, it often appears only when summoned by Feeling. At times only in jest, but in earnest if need be, Thinking entertains as logical only those conclusions which support Feeling’s values. Other scenarios can be shown invalid or at best significantly inferior. Such “Thinking in the service of Feeling” has the appearance of logic, but somehow it never quite adds up.

Introverted Thinking is frequently the focus of the spiritual quest of ENFJs. David’s lengthiest psalm, 119, pays it homage. “Law,” “precept,” “commandment,” “statute:” these essences of inner thinking are the mysteries of Deity for which this great Feeler’s soul searched.

Famous ENFJs

David, King of Israel
U.S. Presidents:
Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan

Apparently I make up for 2 to 3% of the population! Thank God I hear you say.

So, take the test and see what you score.

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