Day 1 at my new job and I've come home with a laptop and a company t-shirt. That's pretty much par for the course at an IT firm :) But it was a good start, people were nice and nobody stole my lunch money. In fact I got a free lunch at Wagamama's and who should walk in there but David Walliams, Anthony Head and Matt Lucas: the entire cast of Little Britain. Oh London, giddy London!

It was an induction and orientation day today; meeting people; learning about the company; finding where the kettle is. All my early observations were positive. I was particularly delighted to find a complete absence of post-modern haircuts amongst my co-workers. And how cool is it when the HR director mentions that 20 years ago he lived in a squat in Battersea? It was a good day but I'm really looking forward to getting into some proper work.