The Bullshit Machine

The Bullshit Machine

Here’s a tiny confession. I’m bored. Yes; I know. I’m a sinner. Go ahead. Burn me at the stake of your puritanical Calvinism; the righteously, thoroughly, well, boring idea that boredom itself is a moral defect; that a restless mind is the Devil’s sweatshop. There’s...
The Circle

The Circle

“For example, when you heard your dad had a seizure, you drove, what, a hundred miles or so, and never once during that drive did you try to glean any information from the InnerCirclers, or from the larger OuterCircle. Do you see that as an opportunity wasted?” “Now I...
You need more inboxes in your life

You need more inboxes in your life

Oliver Burkeman from The Guardian Feb 15th and on oliverburkeman.com If you’re feeling overstretched, at work or at home, let me make a suggestion: you need more inboxes in your life. I’m aware that this may strike you as the delusional ramblings of (to...
Tweet truth to power

Tweet truth to power

Tomorrow I’m doing my first ever screenprinting course, and with tongue lightly stuck in cheek, I’ve just done this Tweet Truth To Power design with a picture of a protesting young fella I tried to ‘Banksy’. Obviously once I unleash this bad...
Cockney Cashpoint

Cockney Cashpoint

Just been to a brilliant cashpoint in Hackney that offers the all important translation into Cockney functionality…   And now you could read... How to use the new Twitter London riots Covid-19 reading list for activists and the politically engaged The Human...
How to use Pinterest for effective campaigning

How to use Pinterest for effective campaigning

Campaigning with Pinterest for fundraising or to drive actions on a website looks like an interesting new trend in e-campaigning. I’m just starting to play with the site and explore what it can do, and will share here anything useful that comes up. For instance...