Undesign: a manifesto for makers.
As this blog has just turned three, I wanted to compile a list of some of the lessons I've learnt since it started. (And since I became self-employed back in...
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How to untangle a guilty procrastination clusterfuck
Been beating yourself up about not doing something? Here are four things to help you get unstuck.
Small but not humble
What is the future of work in a world where everyone is self-employed? And is it ok not to have all the answers yet?
Rebooting My Design Practice. Part 1: Positioning, Pricing and Networking
After 3 years of freelancing, and 12 years in the design business, I took a step back from my work to consider not just what I do, but how and...
Replacing Twitter with Phone Calls: An Adventure in Unplugging
A guest post for 99U Things hit a low point when my girlfriend caught me reading Twitter at a Christmas market she’d asked me to visit with her. (Let’s just...
Time out.
Why I'm not writing during the month of May.
On giving yourself permission
Sometimes you have to say ‘fuck it’, and do something just for yourself, no matter what everyone else thinks.
Don’t make it about you (an introduction to copywriting for the web)
Warning: I’m about to bruise your ego.It’s going to hurt a little.But it’s for the best, I promise.Here goes...
Don’t take this advice
Let’s imagine that an alien of the small, friendly variety was to crash-land on earth, and somehow end up in my bedroom, as aliens often do in 80s movies...
The best way to complain
When you have an itch, you have a simple choice: ignore it, or give it a good scratch. What would happen if you applied the same principle to your life?...