Stephen Mitchell | Life Lessons, Creativity & Personal Growth
Observations on Being a Weekend Father, Creating New Memories and Figuring Life Out
I had these printed in 22pt on the cubicle wall at my government day-job for over ten years. It helped. I cannot recall where I originally got it from - but it helps survive the days. It’s obviously aimed at a salesman, but can easily be used in anyone’s life. It's what keeps my entrepreneurial... Continue Reading →
If you are anything like me (and gawd forbid you are!), you’ll like your socks folded in half, not inside each other. You like your socks to be paired up with its twin, not dark brown with black. You like your socks all lined up from thickest to thinnest in your top drawer, easy to... Continue Reading →
Best quote of the day is: It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man... who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and... Continue Reading →
Three brilliant quotes from the mouth(/fingers?) of Christian Montoya: "I can put this technique to good use because I am a great CSS developer and I am creative. These are not popular skills but they are useful. If you put me on a team with a decent graphic designer we would do pretty well." and... Continue Reading →
ACNielsen have determined some amazing facts about Aussie Males, specifically how men manage their appearance. In July this year they managed to convince a few million Australian men to confess their spending habits on clothing, accessories, hair care products, magazines and beer. Amazingly, the report shows nothing about their preference in women or anything about... Continue Reading →
Having a blog for yourself, your business, your product, or just for fun is vitally important in today’s world. In early 2004 Australians were fully flung into the deep end of blogging. A few computer magazines advertising blogger.com - and within months online-written-content exploded 25-fold across Australia. The WWW began hearing new voices from down... Continue Reading →
The mark-up validator has been updated. This is good news for all of us in the ongoing pursuit to ensure our code validates. The new Mark-Up validator allowed me to validate an URL or a file-upload, plus has a ‘direct-input’ field where text can be copied-and-pasted too. These are certainly going to beneficial. Yes, the... Continue Reading →
This is the top fifty people who matter most in the world in 2006. I dare you to start from the most influential and important person on the web, then tab your way through the remaining 49 others who have made it to the list. Where else but on the Internet could someone make a... Continue Reading →
After waiting twenty years for their return, today I purchased GOLD tickets to see Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam in Adelaide on November 16 2006 at AAMI Stadium is the greatest band on the planet: U2! Yes, I stood line for three hours on my day-off-work. Making 150 fruitless phone-calls whilst waiting in line... Continue Reading →
In the fast-paced world of business, it's easy to get caught up in the latest technological advancements, product innovations, marketing strategies, financial planning, and manufacturing processes. While all these elements are undoubtedly crucial for a successful business, it's important to remember that at the heart of it all, business is about people. "Business is all... Continue Reading →
According to trustworthy sources and CNN, the purses of Yahoo! are spending their hard-earned billions on more fantastic ideas. Now they want to communicate with any extraterrestrial life that might be flying by this giant ball of mud. Seems they can't find any intelligent life down here to recruit into their army of spam-busters, so... Continue Reading →
Editor's Note (2026): I wrote this back in October 2006, long before smartphones became part of everyday life, before cloud computing went mainstream, and before AI became something we could all use. I've lightly edited the grammar and readability, but left the ideas and humour largely untouched. Reading it now, it's amusing to see which... Continue Reading →
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…