July 15th, 2008
It is always a pleasure to discover those little gems of industrial design sense built into Apple’s products.
I have one of those loverly, minimalist keyboards - the bluetooth, cordless style - and It is one of my top purchases in recent times. It’s not a product for everyone, but perfect for me.
With all the words [...]
January 3rd, 2008
No waffle, just truth:
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
- Thomas A Edison
“There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.”
- Po Bronson
“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.”
- Peter Drucker
“You can [...]
October 31st, 2007
Being away on holiday last week and not having the opportunity to work on completing the final few pages of the first draft of Table Rappers: A Persistent Spirit, gave me some time to take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
The possibilities currently arising out of what was, in its original incarnation [...]
October 10th, 2005
This means long hours, seven days a week, just to clear a few paces ahead.I conquered two major development hurdles over the weekend, nothing truly remarkable in that as such - development is pretty much all about discovering challenges and overcoming them - but it is how I came to the solutions that was the surprise.Saturday was frustrating - the solutions did not come…. Which it did for a couple of weeks.But the solution came to me late Saturday night after an exercise I think I will add to my brainstorming process in the future…Two hours on Saturday evening was spent writing a long and detailed report to my client about how their requirement will have a negative effect on development, why it is very difficult to achieve at this late stage and justifying previous decisions to take the application code design down a particular route - I left out my feelings about them moving the goal-posts at this late stage.
