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Be Your Own Guru The next time you want to ask someone a question, first ask yourself these two questions: Why is this important to… Read More »BYOG
Stuart Patience
Bottleneck: little jobs and emotional friction
Thanks to JG. A particularly troublesome breed of little job are things left undone that hold up the work of other people – a decision… Read More »Bottleneck: little jobs and emotional friction
Postbox: good info
Crikey, it’s a very long photo of a postbox – read on for some thoughts about information architecture and the Royal Mail. From a distance… Read More »Postbox: good info
Refunds, discounts
Sometimes it’s right to complain: an injustice has been done or a minor fraud committed, and it’s important to make a point. And there’s a… Read More »Refunds, discounts
Questions (2): what you do with the answer
You asked the question… Are you going to listen to the answer? What are you prepared to change if the it’s not what you’re expecting?… Read More »Questions (2): what you do with the answer
Questions (1): who’s it for?
A questions about questions: Who is it for? Always, our questions are self motivated: We’re looking for answers. We just want to know. The answer… Read More »Questions (1): who’s it for?
Old buildings
I love old buildings , and I usually feel a strange sort of curiosity mixed with nostalgia for the people and cultures that made them.… Read More »Old buildings
Friction (4): mental overhead and nameless dread
Mental Overhead Another type of friction we experience is from the ongoing mental overhead of having too many balls in the air. Unfinished projects, unanswered… Read More »Friction (4): mental overhead and nameless dread
Little jobs
There’s a lot to be said for batching – saving up similar jobs and then working through them efficiently in one go. But doing little… Read More »Little jobs
Time on our hands: la durée
The idea is really just this: time on a watch is not the same as time in your head. An hour can fly by or… Read More »Time on our hands: la durée