Winter is on its Way

Winter is officially on its way! Forecasters have predicted that temperatures will plummet to -11 and the country will be covered in snow this week.

Snow can only mean one thing….days off from school and work making snow angels and snowmen. You can just imagine all the school children hoping for snow this week! But for many of us snow brings chaos – trains and tubes disrupted and roads unsafe to drive on, meaning that simple day-to-day activities such as driving to work are difficult to complete. Many of us in the office are torn with wanting snow and not wanting snow.

I know for sure that I will not be putting my winter clothes away just yet. It is time to put on the woolly hat, scarf and gloves and enjoy the snow.

Has the Internet become our virtual memory?

The Daily Mail covered a story today on how research carried out in the USA showed that when faced with a gap in their knowledge people resorted straight to the Internet to refresh their memory. This, as opposed to trying to recall the information themselves or letting it sink in. ‘The age of Google’. The research compared how well participants remembered something with how well they knew where to find it on the Internet. Finding it on the Internet was always going to win.

With access to the Internet ready at our fingertips, searching for knowledge is done this way instinctively.

However I believe the mass of information on the web isn’t making us lazy or replacing our memory, but predominantly allowing us to extend our knowledge further. Referring back to a bookmarked webpage is no different than marking a page in a book or taking notes. People are more likely to know more now than they ever have.

Phone Stacking – have you tried it yet?

We love this – it’s the hot new craze that stops your friends fiddling on their phones through dinner called ‘Phone Stacking’.

The rules are simple.
1. Put all your phones in a pile on top of each other in the middle of the table facedown (or ‘stack’ them) at the start of the meal.
2. The first one to flip their phone over, thereby breaking the stack, to check on messages or calls, loses and picks up the bill for everybody
3. If you get to the end of your meal with no one caving in though you’re all winners and you’re free to split the bill as you see fit

@SophieJFR our Account Exec on the Life & Leisure Team has given it a go, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, but she’s a definite convert.

Find out more about the craze and several variations on PSFK. Feel free to let us know how it goes when you try it in the comments below.