Testing, 1, 2, 3...
Apparently, this is a writing experience I will "love". Ok yes. It's very nice. Thank you for this lovely tour, Ghost. Let's do this.
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Beyond the Bootstraps
I must admit, I’ve never liked the phrase ‘pulled up by the bootstraps’. Partly because it’s a weird thing to say, but mainly because I have no idea what the hell a bootstrap is. You know, those mythical straps we're all supposed to pull ourselves up
The Shrinking Ladder
I spent last weekend helping a friend update his resume. Twenty years of experience in operations management, a master's degree, and enough industry certifications to wallpaper a small office. His company had just announced another round of "AI-enabled efficiency improvements." Translation: Your job is being automated,
Rebranding ADHD
We can’t change our brains. But maybe we can change some minds. Let’s face it, talking about ADHD sucks. It’s hard enough living with a brain that doesn’t always do exactly what you want it to. Add to this a complex mix of anger, relief, disappointment,
Narrativity
Put your dent in the universe. Stop making excuses. The world is waiting for your big idea. Super fast. You’ve spent years thinking about this and we’ve spent decades making magic. Between us, 3 days is plenty. Super good. Don’t mistake high speed for low quality. Our
Heumans
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Diagnosed at 40… My dance with adult ADHD
“ ” — Dr Daniel Amen, MD Unfortunately, I think it’s pretty safe to say I managed to bring a fair amount of negative attention to myself over the years. People who have only known me as an adult are often surprised to learn I was consistently labelled a troublemaker (at best)
Pretty Rad For A Dad
Ten years ago, almost to the day, I quit my job in commercial radio with a rough plan to take my 2 year old son on the road around Australia to make a documentary called Pretty Rad For A Dad. For most of the time since Angus arrived in our
The magic of Lottie files
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the co-founder and CTO of Lottie, a rapidly growing startup focused on bringing motion graphics onto every screen on the planet. Despite being the first company to EVER raise venture capital from their home base in the Maldives, the two Indian co-founders
Art vs Design
Last night, my kids school put on an art show and it turned out to be pretty remarkable. In addition to all the great work produced by hundreds of young students, a few of us were asked to donate some art work for the school to auction off. As a
3D Experiments in Spline
There are way too many mind blowing creative tools dropping lately… Maybe I should make a list of resources for anyone looking to get started in the creative tech field. Let me know in the comments if that’s something you’d like to read about. My new favourite is
Burgernomics
I don’t want to shock anyone here, but politicians don’t always tell the truth. If you were responsible for pouring trillions of dollars into the US economy, most of us would probably take credit for that… But who wants to admit this was a major cause of inflation?
Fake Radio
I remember the first time someone showed me a photo they had tweaked with Instagram… It was probably cheesy as hell and definitely had a dog ugly border around it, but I thought it was one of the coolest things I’d ever seen. As a designer and wannabe photographer,
Mood
Working away in Figma this morning and thought “hmmmm… I wonder if I can draw this feeling”.
Breaking down the long Winter of Web3
Even the blindfolded true believers of blockchain would agree, it’s been a bruising 6 months in crypto. I’m not going to make an argument either way but I’ll just say I’m having a blast building and experimenting in the space (disclaimer: among other things I’m
3/ Goodbye Substack, hello…?
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren and boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvellous and intoxicating. — Simone Weil When asked about the key to building trust with an audience by an aspiring startup founder earlier today, without hesitation I replied;
Welcome
Welcome to the studio High fives all round. Nice one - you did it! Congratulations on committing to the next phase in bringing your project to life. I’m honoured you’ve chosen me as your creative partner and I’m excited to get started. Now let’s get to
2/ The difficult second album… about artificial intelligence
Mental health is based on a certain degree of tension. The tension between what one has already achieved and what one still ought to accomplish. Or, the gap between what one is, and what one should become. — Viktor Frankl If you read Volume 1, you’ll already know I have
How To Be Super Creative: A Masterclass
As requested - Here are the slides I presented for a masterclass at this week’s Southstart conference in Adelaide. Thank you to everyone who came out for the event, the incredibly supportive staff at Stone & Chalk and especially to my brother-from-another-mother Craig and the brilliant Danielle from Southstart
Pushing through toughness, imposter syndrome, and background noise
What the world needs to hear from each of us
1 / Reminiscing about the early days of Covid-19
“Time, plus conscious effort infused with moral imagination, enables possibility” — Jacqueline Novogratz I’ve never been a big reader (much less a writer) but one of my most vivid memories of the past 18 months is heading to the library with my wife and two young kids in the final