Life
Today I turn the wisest age. 42. At the age of 42 I should possess all the wisdom to know the answer to life, universe and everything. Well, OK. Here it is: Optimise your life for joy. This comes from people and experiences, not things. That’s it. On people
Productivity
This is a pretty typical view of my calendar, in fact this is next week and I haven’t even scheduled in all my catch ups and things to do yet. This is just the meeting requests! I also have to squeeze in things like “real work”. I consider this
Life
I just had an amazing week travelling to NY, then Ottawa, then Chicago. Loved the snow, and the buzz of NYC. I would go back in a heartbeat. [imagebrowser id=1]
Life
I have been quiet for a while as I put my head down on my latest work projects. Things are rocketing along and going pretty damn well, but the last 12 months have been anything but a walk in the park. My mother, my mum, the inspiration for my NZ
Getting Things Done
Well I have just cycled the length of New Zealand. Cool! Now what? I did the cycle to prove a point, that nothing is impossible. Somethings are improbable but there is a big difference between improbable and impossible. I never thought I would be able to do something like ride
Getting Things Done
You know what they say, “You can take a geek away from his computer, but chances are it’s a laptop and he will take it with him.” When planning my ride up the country I wondered if I should just leave all the gadgets behind me for two months
Life
Here is my first attempt at filming and editing on the go. I hope its not too cheesy. I am calling this the preview. The real footage starts April 20 and will be posted to http://nzuphill.8degrees.co.nz as I go. Anyone got any movie making tips?
Life
A little while ago I saw a fantastic TED talk by Jacek Utko, who told us how through design he helped turn around flagging newspaper readership numbers in Eastern Europe through good design. He basically turned what was your standard boring and drab newspaper format and turned them in to
Life
I may have told you, I am cycling the length of New Zealand. Yeah, cool aye? People do ask me, and quite a lot, “why the hell are you doing that?”. They probably ask me that for a couple of reasons, but mainly because they are use to the sedentary,
Life
For those of you following the progress of my trip from one end of NZ to the other on a bike, you will be absolutely thrilled to know I have completed week one of planning. Looking to launch in March April. Shit. For the low down check out http://nzuphill.
Life
Here is today’s inspirational message (well any day’s inspiration actually). This came as a reminder from [business:Get Frank]’s @richhenry on Twitter, plus a post on www.getfrank.co.nz. You may remember this as a Saatchi ad from the 90’s. Goose-pimply inspirational (mind the
Life
My major new year resolution came to me a little late this year. Well to be honest, I made it on New Years Eve, but kept it under my hat for a bit, just to make really damn sure I wasn’t just drunk and it is something I might