Goldilocks
I’ve made yogurt a couple of times a week for the last two years, and quickly reached the conclusion that it’s not rocket science.** I… Read More »Goldilocks
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Giants – all sizes
Whose shoulders are you standing on? Greats and GOATs There are giants who loom large for us all: the Greats who laid the foundations and… Read More »Giants – all sizes
Old year’s resolutions
What can you tick off already? Good work on those. What do you need to quit – stop doing, stop trying to do, draw a… Read More »Old year’s resolutions
Compound interest
We all know about compound interest in the world of money. Save £100 a month for thirty years at one percent interest** and you’ll have… Read More »Compound interest
The Gift
Everything changes if you can see the thing you’re doing as a gift. Doing it as a gift transforms the thing you don’t want to… Read More »The Gift
The new possible
My sister (let’s call her Sharky) bought me a book for Christmas. Sharky lives in Argentina. She bought the book from a shop in the… Read More »The new possible
Ways in: ravelling the network
Interface A discipline, culture or scene is a network: a mesh of people, things, ideas and ways of doing things. It might be tightly defined,… Read More »Ways in: ravelling the network
Stability: Burke and incremental change
Steve Jobs is right about changing the world. And here’s Edmund Burke with a counterpoint – for society read ‘society’, but also, ‘family’, and ‘your… Read More »Stability: Burke and incremental change
On making stuff: that Steve Jobs quote
When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life… Read More »On making stuff: that Steve Jobs quote
In their hands
Make something people can use. Put it in their hands. See what happens. If they’re eager to pay – attention, time, money – you’re onto… Read More »In their hands