It’s been a journey since my last post many years ago. I wonder if anyone will even read this, I wonder if there was a point in restarting this blog again, but then I remembered I used to write to clear my thoughts and just have fun with writing. Something I love to do, but have rarely found the time to jot down my thoughts … Continue reading Transitions in time
For some, Friday 13th can be like walking on egg shells or may remind you of a burnt guy with claws for hands raiding your sweet dreams. Now, I’m not a fan of superstitious behavior and so it’s just another beautiful day, but this Friday 13th September turned out to be a very special day indeed. I received an email explaining that I had been … Continue reading Collision of the Tweets at CERN
So I’ve been wanting to get this post out for a few weeks now and has been on my mind for a while, though there’s not much point to it except to wonder at the crazy technology of robots and machines that are coming out around us. In the fictional world of The Matrix, the machines rise to self awareness is mentioned in the Animated … Continue reading Robototic Futures
After a long hiatus from the world of WordPress I feel it’s time to check back in and express. It would be foolish of me to think that I could possibly blog, tweet, have a social with some fun inbetween while doing all my design and project work and still have time to blog on a regular. As a freelancer I see a lot of … Continue reading View to 2012
“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.” – Late Great Carl Sagan Exciting times lay ahead for technology and it’s going to be equally interesting to see some of the products that will be spawned from the likes of nano … Continue reading Accessible Technology
Jacque Fresco (born March 13, 1916), the man behind the amazing designs and ideas of social and environmental change at the Venus Project has been uploading lectures in the form of Youtube videos for some time now. Many would like to believe his ideas, philosophy and visions of a future based on a Resource-Based Economy is too ambitious. At his current age of 95 he … Continue reading Bridges between Nations
Here’s an interesting video from a TEDtalk session with the co-founder and president of 37signals, Jason Fried. 37signals are producers of web based collaboration tools. They are responsible for the development and open sourced programming framework Ruby on Rails and many others. Creative people within the industry will definitely understand this and it would be interesting to know how other workers within other sectors of business feel … Continue reading Why work doesn’t work!
Stumbled across this today, thought I’d share the love. It’s an intriguing and amazing video showing the wonders of DNA and how it works and is definitely worth a watch, especially when you think that this is happening in all of us right now! The animated short takes you through coiling, replication, transcription and translation. The video was created by Drew Berry of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute … Continue reading DNA Visualised!
Wow is it me or are these months just flying past faster than you can say Clark Kent? I can almost hear the fine tune of Christmas songs being whistled just across the horizon. The weather’s dropped and gales are blowing in London, and it’s not nice out at all, so waking up this morning to an update to the November issue of Wonderlance’s online … Continue reading Super Cool Morning…brrr
Patterns. Our lives are full of them, from patterns in our food to the music that we hear to the most intricate uses of it in nature and even further beyond are planet still in the configuration of our Solar System. Patterns are what hold us together, it’s the combination of something that can give us power or even make our food taste better and … Continue reading The Day We Stood Still
Whilst busy with projects there’s been quite a few things that have caught my senses this month. The opening to the Common Wealth Games is on in the background and I’m so very impressed on the ceremony. It’s a beautiful site to watch the fantastic array of colours, traditions, music and multicultural harmony between the 71 Common Wealth countries all having such a great time, … Continue reading Games, Cover Features & Superman
Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society. There’s loads more interesting anitalks which you can catch on youtube, this one kept me hooked most the way through. Maybe this explains why I yawn when you yawn! Crack a nut with some knowledge! Continue reading Crack a nut
A really cool speech about how we make choices from Sheena Iyengar on TedTalks. Reminded me of the Architect scene from the 2nd Matrix film. Interesting stuff! Continue reading The Art of Choosing
Unshackled Thoughts 