Mobile in sunny Bradford

This will be a (mercifully) short entry for a couple of reasons. First of which is because I’m in Bradford for a client meeting. Not that being in Bradford is a reason for a short entry, but rather because I shall shortly be meeting Mr Gulp who is going to feed me this evening. Exceedingly nice chap that he is.

The other reason for keeping it short, is that I’m typing (for want of a better word) on my mobile. On screen keyboards are not my favourite thing. I am, however, impressed with Windows Mobile 5 and specifically pocket internet explorer. It renders most sites in a way that is semi sensible, and usually readable.

Anyhow, the main reason for being in Bradford was a client meeting. Actually it’s for a clients client meeting. Consulting, eh? From the start it was a doomed trip. Having to leave on the 1st ‘working’ day of 2007 for a 9am meeting 200 miles away is not good. Even less so was the weather on the way down. Torrential rain and galeforce winds in the dark makes driving fun.

Despite that I made it safely, without incident. Which is more than can be said for the 7 mile drive from the hotel this morning, in daylight, when it was dry, and not windy. Whilst waiting at some traffic lights some woman decides to drive into the back of me. Grrrrr! Damage was only cosmetic fortunately (a hole and a crack in the rear bumper) but that put me in a bad mood.

The fact that the meeting was 9:30, and I’d been told 9:00 didn’t best please me either, nor did the fact that the main reason I was down was to discuss integrating a system which the client decided (the day before) they no longer needed integrated. So all in all the work part of the trip was a total waste. Thank TISG for Mr Gulp being available to cheer me up.

I’ll go back and sort the typos at later date, when I have a proper keyboard, as my hand feels like it’s about to fall off.