Archive for November, 2007
5 Ways to Reduce the Stress of Choice
As I was saying, too much choice can lead to too little happiness, but the psychology can be turned around. Thank you Melanie for the recent great comment, your “so this is progress” post nails so many of today’s technology overload issues on the head. Technology should make us more productive and efficient, not less. [...]
Too Much Choice – Too Little Happiness
These Things Come in Threes Three things in two days. First, I loose contact with my phone. Second, my MacBook Pro dies. Then, in a third and final twist, traffic on the blog increased by 2000% (yes, two thousand) and I get locked out of WordPress. Coincidence? Of course. I got a free lesson in [...]
Larry Lessig – Copyright and Great Presenting
I’m a regular follower of TED, watching as many of the TED talks as my Mac can take. The talks range from inspirational to informative, and sometimes they are both. Larry Lessig’s recently posted TED talk is fascinating, both for its content and for the way that he uses slides in his presentation. It was [...]
Twitter – Trick or Tweet?
OK, it is well past Halloween, but I’ve only just really started to get to grips with Twitter. Writing about Twitter is fairly binary, either it is going to be old news to you or you will be going ‘what is Twitter?’. If you’ve heard of it, you will either be loving it or hating [...]
Ways of Keeping a Record
…Seth Godin suggests a novel way of keeping a diary: Use a private (or internal) blog! Regular readers will remember that I think diaries are a great way to plan ahead. Using a blog is a novel idea, but there are various tools that can be used…
Are You Standing Next to a Rock Star?
This week’s travels kept me busy in Berlin at Interop and the Web 2.0 Expo. I try to make it a bit of an adventure when I am travelling alone. I try starting up conversations any time I’m stuck waiting, be it on a plane, in a slow moving queue or any moments where I [...]
You’re Having a Laugh Aren’t You?
I recently spent an action packed, laughter-filled weekend with Jack Milner, on his stand-up comedy course. The course was held at Diorama Arts in London, pictured here. Even the trees outside it are comic. Yes, they are 20 foot off of the ground! I’m always looking to push my presentation and speaking skills, and Jack [...]
