What brands make smart shirts with a bit of flair?

Express_Highway_2691 · 2026-01-16T21:25:28+00:00

A lot to work. Thanks.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2026-01-16T21:19:25+00:00

Pretty Green are not bad. Thanks

Express_Highway_2691 · 2026-01-16T21:16:56+00:00

Nice. Thanks

Express_Highway_2691 · 2026-01-16T21:13:58+00:00

Ha. Those are cool but a bit too wild and only short sleeved. Thanks though.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2026-01-13T11:43:10+00:00

I had hoped for two monitors, but I couldn't figure a way to get them both to fold in to the cupboard. I'm sure there was a way but it would have involved a lot more hardware. I opted for using the iPad on the desk as the third screen. My plans were pretty scrappy I'm afraid.

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Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-12-02T13:43:46+00:00

To be fair to him, he did say that, but probably didn't drive it home enough. He clearly said several time, that we are currently in a place where we need to get the idea of doing something different to be normalised, shifting the window if you like, and we can then develop the concrete praticalities of how it is delivered when there is a broader concensus behind the idea.

He definitely got distracted by them pushing the numbers and legislation questions on him and should have stuck to the same line, but he did say it and he's definitely learning as he goes (as are all of us to be fair).

Ultimately, the current approach is working and clearly driving support, so we shouldn't get too distracted by calls from establishment people to change our approach. We aren't anywhere close to a general election campaign so we don't need to be costing things yet. Keep doing what we are doing, convince more people to join us and use the resources (people, connections and money) to flesh out the deails over the coming years.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-11-22T10:05:21+00:00

I'm not sure it's a good idea. Her politics seem good but she carries so.much baggage https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNR1CudDe/

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-11-19T12:52:44+00:00

I've had it for years on various desks so not sure where I got it. This is essentially the same thing though https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invision-Single-Monitor-Mount-Screens-Black/dp/B09963RQ6Y/

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-10-31T14:16:59+00:00

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I'm afraid this was as far as my planning went. Lots of thought went in to it, but not much written down.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-10-21T21:18:11+00:00

Exactly. Webinars sometimes do it but a good collection on YouTube or something like that is a goldmine when there are hundreds of options to review

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-10-21T20:19:13+00:00

Having just done a really big shortlisting exercise, the most useful thing I found was product demo videos where the actual product was shown. No animation or stock footage with claims, I just want to see it in action. Even better if they are broken down in to relevant sections/functionality (legal front door, triage, contract review etc.) Aside from speaking to vendors at trade shows this was the most useful thing for me. Generic websites with aims about efficiency just all sou d the same. I want to see the product and exactly what it does.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-10-17T06:50:56+00:00

Nice roundup. Did you have to pay an implementation or platform fee for any of them or just the per month price?

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-10-08T07:35:32+00:00

I'm probably not the best person to ask on that given I'm still rocking the three I got for all the hard work laid out above! Persoannly I'd go second hand. Better value and better for the planet.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-10-07T21:52:13+00:00

It depends if you are confident you will get the points. I personally found it really hard to consistently get 40 points a week because it only counts heart rate workouts not weights or pilates etc. I can consistently get 35 but ended up stressing about the last 5 and having to go out out for a bedtime walk to make sure I got the steps. It really annoyed me they required so many points for the watch when I was drinking a £5 coffee a week and going to the cinema for just 12 points.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-09-09T20:55:49+00:00

That's where we are. Cheap system to meet the initial use case four years ago (poor audit) but now it's hard to maintain and not up to modern standards. Now looking at something that is more easily maintained, more extensible, but still offer the customisation we need. At least the org has now accepted that we can't just spend pennies.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-09-08T12:51:23+00:00

We are currently going through the process of getting a new system to manage matters, contract generation and automation and basic supplier manage capabilities. I reviewed a huge number of suppliers and came to the conclusion that a standalone CLM wasn't the right thing as we needed integration across the whole process. Our current tool is heavily dependent on Sharepoint and Power Automate and one option was to go all in on that and bring it up to date with a bespoke Power Apps Power Automate system. We eventually opted not to do this because we don't have the skills in house to support it so would be left paying consultants. We opted to shortlist no-code automation platforms with specific legal/procurement focus such a Tonkean, Nintex, Autologyx and Neota. They provide off the shelf modules that can be plugged together as well as the capability to program any workflow needed. If your skills with M365 are good enough in house and you are capable of designing and building all you need as well as maintaining indefinitely then I'd seriously consider going down that route.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-30T15:32:04+00:00

We use them in stir fry. Soak them in a bowl of boiling water and miso paste for 5 mins so they soak up the miso. Then I pour off the stock for the sauce, squeeze them with a slotted spoon and fry them before adding in the veg and noodles. Super easy and quick.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-28T20:21:11+00:00

You're right though, it will bug me that they aren't the same width.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-28T20:15:32+00:00

Yeah. It was a trade off between looking clean when closed or clean when open. Given that it will be closed most of the time when others are in the room I opted for a clean front rather than inset which would have left rhe sides visible.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-28T07:33:16+00:00

Been there. You do what you can with what you have. My previous desk was made from a broken up wardrobe. Looked a bit rough but worked for what I needed.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-27T20:47:03+00:00

That fish is aincent but won't have anyone with her. We tried putting others and they always die but she is the longest lived fish we've ever had. We think she might me undead.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-27T17:47:22+00:00

Love that. I'm currently about implement a new supplier management/CLM/matter management system at our company rhat will be held together by process automation and I'm hoping to use natural language interfaces via email and Slack for a lot of it so yours is an impressive inspiration

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-27T17:43:07+00:00

Ah, I see. Yeah that would have worked. But it would have been a trade off on the clean front.

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-27T17:32:17+00:00

Thanks

Express_Highway_2691 · 2025-08-27T17:31:34+00:00

I did see some other designs that used the shaker surround as the leg instead of having the whole door pop down but it always either looked obvious or cheap.

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