A Better Way to Take Searchable Notes
I needed to have a better way to retrieve useful information from my handwritten scrawls. A way that I could sit in a meeting, writing...
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Bird By Bird and Prep School Lunches
You can blame Anne Lamott for this mashup. Bird by Bird is one of those books that I have seen recommended by so many writers...
New Escapologist - Magazine Review
Robert Wringham is on to something. A few months ago he re-started a magazine, in paper form, via a Kickstarter. I decided to back it,...
Spined Calendar: The Alastair Method
How can you fit a number of months into a two-page calendar spread whilst still keeping things legible? Although I use a variety of future...
Santa Rides for Free
8:00am, we stepped out of the front door onto the street. As we reached the corner shop a bemused African lady stopped, smiled and then...
Dying with my Boots On
The body was lying on its side, almost as if placed into the recovery position. Near to the blackthorn hedge at the second to bottom...
Adventures in Tech Independence Part 1
My MacBook Air is 10 years old. It's been a loyal companion and gateway into the world of writing, photography, website design, creativity and the...
Why I'm leaving "X" - a post about implied support
If you give your time and content to X, the formerly known Twitter, Facebook or similar algorithm driven, attention hijacking social network, you are giving...
Even a bad run, usually turns out to be a good run, when it's run
Damn you Yorkshire, what with your rain and wind and incessant hills. You really tried me. You made me work and sweat and ache. But...
Film Photography Thoughts
After digging out my old Nikon and taking a stroll along the canal a while ago, I've felt the need to take more pictures on...
Most of the things I've worried about...
…never happened. Don’t worry so much as I have done Lawrie. When I was younger I used to have so many worries, most of which...
More on Hello Pages... or why LinkedIn sucks
As they used to say in those adverts... "We asked 13 people about their use of LinkedIn." Well, no one asked anybody, but as people...
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