Monthly Archives: August 2007

The importance of brain dumping

I am a great believer in letting as much of my brain noise escape into the real world. I’m talking about those random thoughts you have just before you close your eyes for sleep, or those thoughts that pop up and we all have a habit of dismissing and not investigating. I use many methods to trap these thoughts and one of those is to use moleskins. I love my moleskins and ‘brain dump’ at least once a day into mine. Many designers sing the praises of moleskins, they really are a good option as come in a range of sizes.

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My life with the new Apple keyboard

I’m not the first person in the queue when it comes to new products, I’m usually the person stood away from the queue watching from a safe vantage point. When apple announced their new keyboards though I couldn’t resist. I’ve written before about my old apple keyboard’s nifty additional feature as a snowdome. Of course, I doubt that top of Mr Job’s list of testing was rolling tobacco smoking designers with a habit for eating at their desk. Upon seeing the new ones though I felt a little leap of joy as the snowdome could be removed.

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Another year older

Today I turn 32 and another year seems to have whizzed past. I always got told the older you got the quicker the years seem to pass and this year has really flown by. I’ve done so much business wise and been through a fair chunk personal wise. I really feel I’ve turned a corner a bit in many areas of my life.

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