Lazy Sunday...well, not really

But I did have a lazy Saturday yesterday, spent walking around the city (London is such a great city to (re)discover on foot), getting my groceries from the Japanese store and visiting a Chinese supermarket for the first time in my life (what can I say... I'm from a small town) and buying books. Which I really shouldn't do. It's going to be nightmare moving out of place this summer with the amount of stuff I've already gathered. My only excuse is that I'm an information junkie/hoarder and that at one point in my life that is bound to come in handy. I think.

I owe you guys some reports from speakers that were on campus this week. On Monday, Bill Griffin, the managing director of Kiss100 radio station was on campus. He talked 75 minutes in an hour, and I enjoyed seeing his perspective on the future of radio. See, it's my theory that new technologies never fully replace old ones for a long time, so there is definitely a spot for radio in the range of information dissemination. Mr. Griffin talked about what he has been doing at Kiss100 to make it ready for the future, a lot of which had to do with the brand of Kiss100 and how that appeals to listeners and a wider public.

The second set of speakers I saw on Wednesday, Sir Peter Hall and David Fletcher, both big names in the UK theatre world. This was an interesting duo, David Fletcher is a financial man, Sir Peter a director and former general manager of the National Theatre (which is a big deal here). It was interesting because both sides of the coin were highlighted: both the business process behind theatre productions but also the creative processes and the best way of letting both run smoothly without having them get in each other's way. One of the best quotes: 'You can only interest an audience when you're interested in it [the production] yourself'.

[As a little aside, since it's not an official speaker, but it did make my day: someone (let's call her Scarlett) came up to me at Sundowners and asked if I was the Divine Miss N... wow. So there are people who read this? Amazing.][Yes, I know that people read this, I just have no idea who you guys are (apart from a few people) or why you read this. Or what you think. So it's nice to get some feedback. And no, that is not a veiled attempt to get everyone to put comments in. See it as me thinking out loud.]

On Friday, our Dean Laura Tyson came to speak and answer questions about her recent trip to the Davos World Economic Forum. I *love* Dean Tyson, I think she's feisty and gutsy and very knowledgeable and I love hearing her speak. She's so enthusiastic about the things that she does, and this time was no exception.

Last but not least, a few links I want to share:
* Malcolm Gladwell, of "Blink" and "Tipping Point" fame has started a blog
* The Tate has a free online course called Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art on offer through their website
* Web 2.0 does strange things to people... have a favor to give? Want a favor? Check out Favorville.

PS The picture of one of my classmates, top left, was taken the day before our last Finance exam... I'm glad I wasn't the only one struggling!