2024 in Review

Introduction

A few years ago, my family started a New Year tradition of putting a big piece of butcher-block paper on the wall and adding sticky notes to it over several days with the things that made an impression in the previous year. It’s an easy, fun, and low-stress way to wrap up the year and a nice example of visual portfolio management.

Here are some significant experiences of 2024:

Working with:

• Diageo
• Cochrane
• REFY
• The Government Digital Service
• Others

Visits from friends:

• Gavin & Elaine
• Angela, Lefteris & kids
• Sam & Margaret
• Zoja & family

Social:

• Weekend walks with friends
• Brunches, dinners, coffees, drinks

Travel:

• Staying at Amaravati for Luang Por Sumedho’s 90th birthday
• Hong Kong for HSBC
• Glasgow and Edinburgh via the Caledonian Sleeper
• Hastings
• Bilbao, Barcelona, and San Sebastian with my friends Mike & Haris
• Florence
• The Cotswolds
• Dartmoor
• Shepperton adventure
• USA (Michigan & Chicago, seeing family)

Art & Music:

• Yoko Ono @ Tate Modern
• Barbara Kruger @ the Serpentine Gallery
• The Magic Flute @ ENO
• Chanel @ the V&A
• Reading the Agile Comms Handbook
• Holi celebration at Swiss Cottage
• Underworld at Ally Pally
• Schoenberg by London Sinfonietta @ Southbank Centre
• Morton Feldman & Samuel Beckett by London Sinfonietta @ Southbank Centre
• Electric Dreams @ Tate Modern
• Van Gogh @ the National Gallery
• Max Cooper @ the Barbican
• The Hills of California (play)
• Lost Map show in London
• Letters Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Misc:

• Bike rides with my son
• Repairing the roof
• Getting a car
• The US election

Read my occasional 2024 week notes for more details on some of these adventures.