I am a writer, blogger and digital artist. I write about increasing creativity and productivity. I make digital art usually involving Chinese written characters or esoteric symbols. Based in London, UK, I currently work on a freelance basis devote my free time to writing and artwork.
Feeling near death bringing forth life “Help me!” she screamed “I need it now! Please… help!” The screaming continued. I could just about make out the words amid the gargled noises as my wife thrashed about on the hospital bed. My second son was attempting to make his way into… Read More »On Birthdays: Why you should feel more enthusiastic about them
Up and at ’em Today I woke up less then pleased. It was 5am, still dark, and the three-month old was bright and breezy. He was making his cute little utterances that are beginning to resemble vowel sounds. It wasn’t the early hour which annoyed me. It wasn’t the need… Read More »On Responsibility: The Importance of Social Support
Again and again At this point I feel my life is going round in circles. I’ve just finished another book on productivity, come to make notes about it and seen notes from the last two books I’ve previously read on productivity. Needless to say, their sentiment is the same and… Read More »Can you be content and yet motivated for change?
A Strange Dream A few nights ago, I had a vision of an Earth where somehow a global society was emerging. It was not necessarily cohesive but the human populations of my dream-world had had a sudden and shared epiphany that united them despite their differences. They basically became aware… Read More »On Social Media and Money: The Controlled Minds Need Feeding
Everything seems so bad 2020 is drawing to a close. There have been moments when it has felt like this year would never end. Trapped in our dwellings. Absorbing an unprecedented amount of negative news content. Sometimes watching the eye of the storm as it hovered over others (in Wuhan,… Read More »Why is everything so bad? A look on the bright side of 2020
Finding the Human Spirit during the American Election The Human Spirit is something to be recognised. It is something to behold. Examples of it can be found in the most unlikely of places. Yesterday morning I watched the entertaining anchors on CNN attempt to bruise each other’s egos during their… Read More »On the Human Spirit: Inspired by Josephine Baker
Seeing in 2009 Challenging negativity can take many forms. Just over a decade ago I saw in the New Year in a yurt in some woods in Gloucestershire. It was a great party. People danced, drank, smoked and had far out conversations. One conversation has stuck with me all this… Read More »Challenging Negativity
Every Day is a Good Day I look deep into the eyes of my son and I see my likeness. It is a moment of joy, of perfection. He is happy here and I am happy to be in his presence. The now tired plastic rocking horse lies cast aside… Read More »Every Day is A Good Day: How a little bit of Zen can help lift our mood
Privacy By Default Online privacy as a field is a whole new world for many people. Cyber-security is ever-changing as technologies are invented or adapted and old tech is made redundant. It is vitally important that we get to grips with what is at stake here, despite the rapidly shifting… Read More »Online Privacy In The Age of Digital Surveillance
Decision making This year poses problem after problem. This year feels like decisions are heavier than they should be. This is what my decision making process currently feels like: There’s an out of control freight train running down some railway tracks. It is bulky and the engine has caught fire,… Read More »On Equality: How can we bring about a more equal society?
A calling for something like Haiku Lockdown continues. The weather remains upbeat. The psychological impact on yours truly is that I find myself yearning for the great outdoors. Hitting the roads and cycling every few days is not the same as getting out into the countryside, surveying wide vistas and… Read More »All hail the Haiku: Staying creative in Lockdown
How is boredom still a thing? On a recent work call to a web developer he described himself as bored. This is more understandable given the current lockdown situation affecting huge swathes of humanity, but I was considering how many million things I feel I could be getting on with… Read More »On Boredom: Did the Garden of Eden become boring?