Category: life
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The Perfect Community
I loved this short film that asked one simple question: "What Does 'Community' Mean To You?". As Maria points out there are some (perhaps expected) universal needs that seem to emerge including proximity and convenience, face to face interaction but the over-riding need seems to be for a sense of belonging. Which leads me to…
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Gone Fishing
I'm taking a brief blogging break for a week, but will be back before you know it. Have a good week and be nice to each other 🙂
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It Gets Better
"I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better." Dan Savage If by some fluke you're not familiar with Dan…
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Easter Blogging Break
Lordy, it's been a tad busy of late. So I'm taking a short blogging break over Easter, but normal service will be resumed before you know it. Happy Easter everyone. Don't eat too much chocolate.
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Born Of Frustration
I loved this short little film featuring the founders of the awesome Soundcloud talking about the inspiration behind the launch of their service. Like so many great things it seems, it was born out of sheer frustration, and powered by a desire and a passion to want to make things better. Frustration can be a…
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Something To Remember
When asked "What thing about humanity surprises you the most?", the Dalai Lama answered: "Man…. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does…
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Blogging, And Doubt
There was a wonderful programme on Radio 4 yesterday ('In Doubt We Trust') in which writer Mark Vernon asks an important question – whether we have lost our ability to doubt well. Mark is well qualified to talk about doubt: having studied physics he was ordained in the Church of England only to then leave…
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Cold Passion
DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo. "If I can only scrape a living, at least it's a living worth scraping. If there's no future in it, this is a present worth remembering." Mickey Smith Take ten minutes. Watch the beautiful film above for six of them. Then spend the rest reading…
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All Of My Good Ideas Are Battles
I so love this. Designer Adam Katz’s contribution to Stefan Sagmeister’s long running and brilliant “Things I Have Learned in My Life” project, featuring 1500 spray painted plastic army men stuck to a New York window. The best, most disruptive ideas are always a battle. It reminds me of that old Hugh MacLeod quote about…
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Tanzania 2010
So, we're finally back from The Great (Ad & Media) Football Giveaway. There's a lot of adjectives I could use to describe the last ten days. Most of them would be entirely inadequate for what has proved to be an experience that I shall never forget. And one that has given me many things, including…