Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Live Better.
I’m what you’d call an "ideas person". Not in the corporate buzzword sense, but in the way that my brain never seems to shut up. It’s a swirling mix of mild eccentricity, a bucket of entrepreneurial activity, and a gigalitre of optimism that keeps me sane and insane simultaneously. Starting Your Entrepreneurial Day I don’t... Continue Reading →
Quite by accident I went hunting on Amazon for Canon parts. Here's what I found that I really really really really really want!! Understanding the Canon Speedlite 580EX / 430EX As an owner of the 580EXii, I am often amazed by the features that are so difficult to draw out of it. It allows the... Continue Reading →
Whilst traveling the train this evening, some guy got on at one station. He was complete with camera and tripod. I noticed his little camera bag also had a pencil and lined pad. I presumed he'd spent the day photographing trains, but he could have come from anywhere along the line. Who knows what he... Continue Reading →
I learn something new and exciting every day! I've used this attribute before, but I never realised how effective and important it can be the workings of a URL-laden website. Any attribute selector that uses the operator ^= selects elements based on the beginning of their attribute values. Thus we can select any href that... Continue Reading →
Quoted from this succinct article at Flying Solo: It is hard having to share your workplace with other people and the noise they make, the silly ideas they have, the different pace and priorities they have. It is hard going to meetings you didn’t organise and are not running. It is hard being new and... Continue Reading →
Liz Strauss has written another great article that includes a few quotes from her friend and mentor, Annie Galvin Teich. In this article, you'll find a dozen quotes that resonate deeply with me. I strive to live by these principles, and here are the ones that most align with my lifestyle, condensed into one sentence... Continue Reading →
For some strange reason this meme is doing the rounds on Redbubble. So I figured it is my turn to answer 50 QUESTIONs about myself. Here goes: 1. Do you like blue cheese?Yeah. This question better not be an indication of where the rest of this survey is going. NEXT! 2. Have you ever smoked... Continue Reading →
Without a doubt, the latest range of Apple products on the market have given us two lightweight yet graphic-filled devices. I am talking 'bout the iPhone and Touch. The popularity of both totally amazes me, though not because I don't like them, far from it -- I know of many people who have either purchased... Continue Reading →
I've just finished watching another episode of The New Inventors, an Australian televised show about inventors around Australia who have great ideas that have been taken to the next step. Many are patented, most are amazing and contribute to the well-being of society. Some seem frivolous, yet we understand the need for a six-person table-tennis... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 