Fun, sound-bite laden NYT article on the overuse of ‘authenticity’: “Facebook is me on my best day” “[you can’t be told] to act authentic and still be authentic” “The best way to sell yourself is not to appear to be selling yourself” Though the article...

With design like that, even I’ll look pretty (except in the photos themselves)...

Besides Ideation and Information, you need some other stuff too. To maintain the alliteration, but stretch the semantic, then I’d say this is: Itinerary . What are you seeking to accomplish with the review? Implementation. If the idea is good, and the...

The second source was from some of the things Tufte said at a recent seminar I attended. (Generally I was disappointed with the session – it felt a bit tired: taking an obvious pop at poor use of PowerPoint, whilst not a word on the awfulness of Infauxgraphics...

My shotgun-mind saw a pattern from a couple of different sources which I’ll relate to “big review” cycles with exec stakeholders or negotiation or selling your project or whatever. The first is this excellent article on “Iterationitis” on HBR . Provocative...

Trying to decide whether I should invest in a Lego Mindstorms kit, or 2 weeks of survival training.

Very frustrating, I can name quite a few, but recognize a lot more. Guess that’s the peril of being a robot – you’re a number not a name.

12 colours for the diagramming win.

If you’ve already spent countless hours playing them then its definitely worth 10 minutes to reminisce on these beauties. ( Bonus Link to one of my favourite games evaahhhh ).

For some reason, I feel more at peace when all my tray icons are green.

I know my blogging has been slack of late. I’m aiming to fix that this week. Let’s start off with this... (via Craft )

...called something like “Non-limey” and worth about 5 gamer points as I pass the 6-month in US milestone. It’s passed extraordinarily quickly and work has moved at a fair pace. The vacation season approaches here and although we’ve got no big plans I...

SeaTac 101: you're never more than 3 yards from a colleague.

I love #tinyspaceships from @cherrysheriff – awesome series.

Interesting article which I think has some profound statements on..... ooh look, a squirrel.

I really need this book. November is too far away.

(via Clementine ) ...that there’s a bit of time to relax, which I assure you isn’t true. Trust me, I’ve been staring at an actual real-life Gantt chart this week and someone even suggested we needed a project manager. This in the same time period that...

...of the financial variety. And all of those slick planning activities begin to fall into pieces. To paraphrase: “A plan that if it were any smarter would write a book. And that book would make Ulysses look like it had been written in crayon. And then...

Sometimes I disagree with him but sometimes it feels like Seth is under my table. Very similar to that feeling you get when Dilbert mirrors your life for a few strips in a row, but the opposite emotion (I should hope). 3 great posts this week on excuses...

Having seen even the contestants on The Apprentice build an app (sorta) then I figured I might be the only person in the entire technical world who hasn’t built an app. (Though, as with everyone else I’ve had tons of ideas...) Inspiration to finally put...

(Photo via @nathanawilliams ) ... which is always fun. It’s also something I’m passionate about so that’s even better. Work stuff: The aforementioned project kick-off. Vague I know, but there you go. I do Marketing. Tidying, polishing and communicating...

Like this: “the next generation will never know the link between the two”. True, though my kids wouldn’t even know what the first one is. ( via Clementine )

Being concise, but being clear and delivering confidence in the message is a tough day-to-day challenge. Or as Mark Twain said : “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” I tend to go with the “Back of the Napkin” approach...

Lovely phone use infographic (via @Coolz0r )

... and I suck at Softball . (It’s like Rounders , but they use gloves). Actually I didn’t do an awful job – I was catcher to our CVPs pitching which feels a little like art imitates life... Anyway, activity this week: Finalising content in the run up...