On Equality
What makes equality such a difficult business is that we only want it with our superiors. Henry Becque
View ArticleBraindumping
Photo owned by modomatic (cc) Something that really helps me gather my thoughts, is the practice of braindumping. It doesn’t matter where I go, be it to the shop or to work in the morning, I always...
View ArticleThe Girl Effect
The Girl Effect is a simple suggestion on how to tackle Third-World poverty backed by amongst others, the Nike Foundation, the UN Foundation and the Center for Global Development. Change the life of...
View ArticlePlaying in Public
Bruno Taylor ‘Playful Spaces’ There’s a wildchild in each and every one of us. A six year old just scratching to get out. Looking at the video, even the hesistant ones have a scampy spark. A...
View ArticleOn The Right People
You don’t need to have everyone on your side, just the right people. Anon
View ArticleThis Weekend I’ll Be Interesting
I’m off to London tomorrow morning to attend the Interesting 2008 conference on Saturday. I won’t be bringing a laptop so you are on your own this weekend. Cherish it, do.
View ArticleBack From London
Just back late last night. Interesting was very entertaining and thought-provoking. A really special occasion. It’s kicked off a nice few idea seeds in the making too. A proper post is needed. Here are...
View ArticleInteresting 2008
Last Saturday I went along to Interesting 2008 in London. Explaining to someone what Interesting is can lead to fuzzy definitions. It’s basically a day where people talk about topics they find...
View ArticleRed Linking
Photo owned by dichohecho (cc) I never tire of writing Red Link posts. Even during my recent blogging holiday, I found myself falling across really interesting things and automatically marking them as...
View ArticleWords and Thoughts in RGB
Words and Thoughts in RGB from Eduardo Morais on Vimeo. Eduardo Morais de Sourza’s award-winning short on the science and cultural significance of colour.
View ArticleHabits underline our social tribes more and more
Photo owned by Ethan Hein (cc) We’re all creatures of habit. Ritual invades every part of our being. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the conventions that help us manage our day-to-day tasks. We...
View ArticleCould you solve a usability problem?
Developers, designers, technologists – we all harbour delusions that one day we’ll invent something akin to the light bulb for our respective industries, don’t we? Wouldn’t be nice to have a Tesla...
View ArticleAIB in meltdown?
News is just breaking on Twitter via Catherine that AIB is suffering an alleged systems meltdown tonight with both its web site down and ATMs out of action. As of 8:50pm this evening, the AIB website...
View ArticleSupporting human rights means supporting the Beijing Olympics
Photo owned by damon.garrett (cc) It’s just a little over a week until kickoff of the Beijing Olympics, the biggest sporting event of the year. The care at which China has been manicuring her capital...
View ArticleEight is enough for China
Photo owned by Daquella manera (cc) You know what I love about China? The way that superstitions underpines a lot of the cultural quirks that the country of billions share under a mantle of...
View ArticleSnowed under, but wondering all the same
Very busy at work, but posting will be back this evening or tomorrow. In the meantime I was thinking about Damien’s post on wonderings. You know what’s really special about them? The associative...
View ArticleO2: “We have iPhones, we just can’t sell them to you”
This post was supposed to be made from my iPhone. It was supposed to be triumphant. It had a lot of colourful characters in tow – Goldilocks, the Three Hoodies, Stripes and a young, belligerent Myers....
View ArticleOsama Loves
Know an Osama? Does he love stuff? Channel 4 are looking for Osamas that love things as part of their Osama Loves drive. Here’s the blurb: Help us find 500 Osamas in just 50 days Not everyone called...
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