![]() ![]() this instrument by the famed Elizabeth maker Humfrey Cole … the combination of scales 2 and 3 with the central disc and volvelle allow the prediction of high tide at a particular port (provided the direction of this place is known) as described by Digges in his Prognostication, printed by Thomas Gemini in 1555.Īccording to Waters (1958, pl. The plate is marked with planetary aspects but has not been completed. A circular aperture shows the phases of the moon. Over this disc rotates a VOLVELLE with an index. In the centre of this scale is a fixed DISC inscribed with the age of the moon from 1 to 30. The REVERSE is inscribed with several circular scales as follows (from the outside):Ģ) a 24 hour scale, numbered clockwise 1 to 12 twice.ģ) a compass rose of 32 points, with the eight cardinal points shown by their first letter(s), North indicated by a fleur-de-lis. The signature of the maker is inscribed on the same arm. Over this volvelle rotates an INDEX ARM, marked around the central hole 'STELLA POLARIS' and along the arm 'INDEX HORA NOCTIS'. The centre of the disc is engraved with scrollwork. An index with a sun effigy at 12 o'clock allows this volvelle to be set to the correct date. Teeth of alternating size indicate the full and half hours. In the centre of this scale is a VOLVELLE with an hour scale, numbered anticlockwise 1 to 12 twice. The centre of the handle corresponds to 24th October. Each month has the corresponding number of days (December has 311/4 to indicate the leap year). The FRONT of the MAIN DISC has a circular calendrical scale with the usual Latin names of the months, numbered 1 to 12 starting with January. Attached to the main disc is a small handle in the shape of a pierced fleur-de-lis, inscribed with a pair of initials. Let’s go to the pubfice.This brass nocturnal consists of a range of scales, discs and indices. Being “one Yahoo!”, apparently, “starts with being physically together”. Just last year the internet giant Yahoo! banned its executives from working at home. How much does a futurologist earn? I too have a gift for stating the obvious. “There is no reason why knowledge workers shouldn’t all be working flexibly in five years’ time,” according to Millard. This could be in your local cafe – or it could be in your home. But if you’re a “knowledge-based” worker, Millard points out, all you need for most of the time is a phone, a computer and an internet connection. Not much if you’re stacking shelves or changing old people’s incontinence pads. That’s all very interesting … But what does it mean for the rest of us? “My four criteria for working,” she says, “are that I need good coffee, I need good cake, I need great connectivity – the Wi-Fi wings to fly me into the cloud – and I need company.” Millard’s favourite place to work, she says, is somewhere with a bit of a life but no colleagues to distract her. She’s joking, of course? One can only hope so, though one of her peers does call himself a “trend DJ”. She prefers to call herself a “soonologist”. ![]() ![]() She’s a futurologist for BT.Ī whatologist? She is paid to advise BT and its big customers on how working life will change over the next few years. This is a piece about the changing face of work, as described by Nicola Millard. ![]() Is this another puff piece for the Guardian’s “achingly trendy” Shoreditch-based coffee shop? No. But they can also surf the net, check their emails and access their Google Drives. Yap into their mobiles, hog the tables and wreck the atmosphere for anyone who just wants an espresso and a read of the papers? Well, yeah. Rather than commuting to a boring old office, they take their laptops to their local Starbucks or Costa, where they can … Just a few words in and you’ve already lost me. Only connect: who needs to commute when you can be a coffice worker?Īppearance: Half coffee shop, half office. Still toiling away in a grey office building? Boring! According to BT’s ‘soonologist’, you’ll get more done with coffee, cake and connectivity ![]()
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