Sketchpad studio springboard
Fit for Purpose or Good Enough mean different things depending on what we’re talking about, who it’s for and where and how it’s going to… Read More »Sketchpad studio springboard
networks
Velcro, geckos, and making friends
Some ideas for strengthening your connections within a group of people or scene: Have good, generous intentions. Show up to serve or share where it’s… Read More »Velcro, geckos, and making friends
The Onion (3): exemplar interesting problem – learning to read
Problems gain (or lose) interestingness as their context and scale changes. Take teaching a kids to read as an example. It’s almost inevitable that a… Read More »The Onion (3): exemplar interesting problem – learning to read
The Onion (2): a model for solving interesting problems
My first post about The Onion looked at interesting problems as systems of networked sub-problems, and suggested that our solutions will mirror this structure. The… Read More »The Onion (2): a model for solving interesting problems
The Onion (1): understanding interesting problems
This post is a sketch of a way of thinking about how problems work, and what we need to do to make our solutions (“the… Read More »The Onion (1): understanding interesting problems
The time and the energy
As in, “I don’t know where you get them.” I can’t make more time*, and you almost certainly know more than I do about managing… Read More »The time and the energy
Machine. Ecosystem. (6) – Kevin Kelly on the techium
Okay, so machines are simple, largely linear, and predictable, and systems are complex, adaptive and ‘dispositional’… but look a bit closer and the distinction gets… Read More »Machine. Ecosystem. (6) – Kevin Kelly on the techium
Caterina Fake: 5 Cs
If you look at all of the companies that I’ve been involved with and the investments that I’ve made, they are companies that emphasise creativity,… Read More »Caterina Fake: 5 Cs
Contact
Next time you read an article, listen to a podcast, watch a program that you like – why don’t you get in touch with whoever… Read More »Contact
Their thing
It’s great that you have a thing – that you’re clear about it what it is and how important it is, and that you’re talking… Read More »Their thing