Voodoo on Walkabout

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• Voodoo on Walkabout

  June 14, 2007 in Uncategorized

  There won’t be much going on around here for the next few months. I’ll be travelling around Africa and Asia, in search of new developments in the dark arts. Adventures will be duly chronicled on my travelogue. See you in the winter!

• Flow 2.0

  April 20, 2007 in Best practice, Work smart

  In the spirit of the perpetual beta of Web 2.0, I’m republishing this post based on the changes I made for my presentation at the Web2Open in San Francisco. | View | Upload your own Flow is something that we’ve all experienced at one point or another. It gets us out of bed early in [...]

• God Save the Queen, as Long as She Has Democratic Values

  March 25, 2007 in Culture crossing

  Seven years and one deportation later, I’ve finally been granted British citizenship. The last step in the process was a very civilized “citizenship ceremony” where they served us tea and Victoria sponge cake, and we took an oath to, “…be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second…give my loyalty to [...]

• Diversity and the High School Dance

  March 9, 2007 in Geek out

  The debate over whether there should be more women speakers in our industry was reignited by Eric Meyer’s recent post where he said “as a conference organizer, I don’t care about diversity.” This set off what is apparently called a blogostorm, with lots of passionate reactions. I would need to know a lot more about [...]

• Flow: Get into the Zone at Work

  March 6, 2007 in Best practice, Work smart

  We’ve all had the experience where we’ve become so completely absorbed in our work that time flies by, the outside world is a million miles away, and our talents flow freely. These episodes can be deeply gratifying, and some of our best work comes out of them. So, what causes this, and more importantly, how [...]