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@mr_spoon thanks very much. I'll pop them up on Facebook, fully credited of course! 10 hours ago
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@mr_spoon @redwoodphotos @stylusboy oooh I like these pictures a lot sir! Really nice. Thanks :) 12 hours ago
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RT @RichieMcCormack: One would think, Lawrence Dallaglio would understand silent letters in surnames. Stop pronouncing the 's' in Picamo ... 1 day ago
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Loving Lawrence Dallaglio's ignorantly English pronunciation of Picamoles - pick a moles. #6nations #listentoeddie 1 day ago
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@mr_spoon @redwoodphotos awesome. Well no rush! Excited. 1 day ago
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Category Archives: Ideas
Nervous about Performing Live? (Why I Sometimes Put it Off)
I have posted before about some of the common mis-conceptions of introversion. Since writing that post I have responded to still countless mis-fired comments about how it is a choice, and that you can ‘overcome’ introvertedness and become more confident … Continue reading
Failure is Cultivated in the Weeds of Success
In his latest series of TV programmes, Andrew Marr was looking at five Megacities of the world and analysing their impact both on us as individuals and more widely as a collective and historicised humanity. I was struck by something … Continue reading
Keep Britain Tidy: Flushing s**t Down Wormholes
Last week there was some stuff in the news about Jeremy Paxman’s new campaign to clean up the garbage-covered streets of Great Britain. He had the idea after losing support for Keep Britain Tidy, claiming it had been ineffective in … Continue reading
‘I’m an artist don’t you know’
Inspiration precedes the desire to create, not the other way round (Hugh Mcleod) It is very important to remember this because we can very easily slip into unproductive routines, attempting to force our uninspired minds onto the blank canvass. This … Continue reading
What the Gym Taught Me About Character Development
I try to get to the gym three times a week, sometimes four. Reality is usually slightly less. I’m not sure if I’m a gym kind of person, but then I’m not sure anyone is. But then again, I think … Continue reading
Education and Sales Resistance
I was reading a book by Wendell Berry (writer, philosopher, farmer) the other day and was really struck by a few points he makes about our attitude toward education and educated people. In the book “Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community” … Continue reading
Adverts are NOT Art: Discuss
I hate advertising. By hate I don’t mean actively and consciously despise it or what it is promoting, but rather I use the word as an opposite to unconscious love. The sort of love that invokes a genuine reaction of … Continue reading
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Pomodoro (Be more productive in less time)
This is really useful for people in all kinds of work (writers, programmers, students, artists, administrators, leaders, marketers etc and anyone who needs to get stuff done at home). Basically…everyone. I have found the discipline of sitting down and writing … Continue reading
An Odd Experience of Creative Barf
People often ask me about my song-writing process; whether I write lyrics, melodies, chords etc first. I tell them it depends to which song they are referring because it is pretty much always different and I have no formula, I … Continue reading
Fan Funding and the Compromise of Integrity?
I don’t really have any fixed views on this issue but am intrigued to see what others are thinking about the current wave of fan-funded project models. I write this as someone who used something similar in the pre-sale period … Continue reading
