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  • Nature photo challenge 2: Weeds and Seeds

    2016-05-16

    I have a love/hate relationship with weeds. We are engaged in a constant battle. But I have great respect for my enemy. Weeds are tenacious and hardy. They thrive even where we try our utmost to suppress them. The dandelion is particularly tricksy/clever. Its root is deep but weak, making it hard to fully pull out. And its seeds are cunningly designed - though I'm not sure if their purpose is to blow away in the wind, or to be carried and blown around by small children. Both appear to be effective strategies.

  • Nature photo challenge 1: Hand

    2016-05-12

    My friend Tim has challenged me to post a nature photo a day for seven days. Here's my first. My entirely natural 14-week-old girl Ada's hand. What a true marvel of nature. So delicate and intricate. So miraculous. Such an incredible feat of creation. Tiny-but-perfect muscles powered by her extraordinary miniature cardiovascular system, pull thread-like tendons to move the complex arrangement of small bones. It's not just a marvel of construction, but a sign of future potential: what will these hands do? What will they make? Who will they hold?

  • New game: “Daddy, Daddy!”

    2016-04-14

    Board game idea: "Daddy, Daddy" (Mummy version is also available). It's like snakes & ladders. The aim is to get out of the front door - the last square!

  • 10 Things I’ve Learned

    2016-03-14

    My friend/colleague/client Huw, has posted 10 things he's learned recently and challenged me to do the same. So here goes. 10 things I've learned recently.

  • Side Project: UX for Everyone

    2016-03-14

    In which I basically make a big song and dance about the fact that I have a new Twitter account and Facebook page.

  • Short-form all the things!

    2016-03-14

    Seth Godin blogs 5 times a day but doesn't use Twitter. I love my blog but I need to try to keep short-form. How can I better achieve that?