My friend Sophie spent 2009 not spending anything at all on clothes. As someone who has an imploding wardrobe and accessory collection, I was impressed by this feat and wanted to find our more. I put four questions to her… Why did you decide to take a no-purchase stance in 2009? I spent four months […]
Things I love
Hands Old farmhouses Glasses The smell of Stargazer lilies Lying in bed Thanks to Flickr users _natural_, davydubbit, ang921, peter_ahern78 and 28973110@N05 for the imagery.
I am, you are, we are information sponges…
My Foursquare infographics
Foursquare has some great stats associate with each user account that summarise your check-ins within a certain time frame. The data curation is inspired by the Nicholas Felton “school of design” (his personal annual reports are worth the read). Anyway, I’ve included my info below as an example (click each image for a higher resolution). […]
Launching this Wednesday…
My own brand of ‘tablet’! Treats content over-consumption, masthead indigestion and suppresses media appetite. It’s also a good placebo for hype-kill. Not to be taken with any other medication. Like all good innovative startups, the product comes straight to you from a bathtub in my garage (well, carport). Depending on your recommended third-party “dealer”, the […]
Anti-stimulant living
A bit about me: * And, of course, alcohol is in moderation.
Perseverance?
2010: the pursuit of (further) happiness
happi·ness n. Happiness is more than just a word to describe an emotional state – I believe it is life’s meaning. And, my life’s pursuit. It affects all that we do and we should ask ourselves continuously what we can do to craft, inject and sustain more happiness into our lives. 2009 delivered a significant […]
There is no competition
A while ago I spent a lot of time thinking about our competition – it was very consuming. Too consuming. Especially because of the context of the media environment – one of the most competitive industries to be in. Markets move so quickly, points of differences change daily and the players evolve quickly. So, when […]
Season’s Greetings
All the best in 2010.
What are you actually doing?
This morning I woke up reminiscing about Twitter’s days of ‘What are you doing?’. (Now, of course, it is ‘What’s happening?’.) When you remove the micro-blog-scopic tendency to answer the question at face value – there is such fantastic depth to it. What are you doing? What role are you playing? What change are you […]
A discussion about journalism’s future from Trampoline Day
In October, the second Trampoline Day for 2009 was held. Trampoline is a grassroots unconference event that attracts a diverse range of people from across industry. People nominate certain topics to speak on during the gathering and the community then decide using the rule of two feet as to what sessions they would like to […]
Kate Kendall 