Time to read: < 1 minute A sketch for a handbag inspired by Longchamp’s simple pliage “H” base pattern. Carries laptop in the centre, notebook, kindle, ipad in the “back”, and cables and other tidbits in the front. Handles would be wide for comfort. Longchamp’s laptop bags, to my surprise, value aesthetics over usability and persist in having stringy painful straps. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes I’m tired of my current business cards, because they have nothing to do with business. I have had moo minicards for a good 3 or 4 years. On them, i share my mobile numbers in the UK and Greece (i don’t fancy printing two versions), website URL, twitter handle, email, and my name. Nothing about […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes This is probably one of the hardest reviews I’ve had to write. Because, ultimately, while the food was pretty good, I don’t think I’d recommend the place, nor would I go back. Why not? A bit too disjoint and French. We are greeted by a lovely guy in a doorway. I’d already heard about going […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute New goal: post a sneak photo of what went on in my sketchbook the previous week. Today, a simple unpolished sketch of various items that I carry with me every day. They don’t actually fit in the tiny handbag featured. And that’s part of the point of this sketch, to visualise how much stuff I […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutes So last week I was kindly requested to take photographs of some of our senior executives, so they could update their various online profiles, both internal and external. I brought my camera in and diligently grabbed a series of portraits. I then cleaned them up, worked some Picasa magic (we don’t have Photoshop here), cropped, […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute What do London bus rides, gamification and mental illness have in common? […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes There are several tricks writers use to make sure they know what to write about next. This is mine. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes I will stop reading after the third spelling mistake. Maybe I am too old to read random blogs. Do spelling and grammar matter to everyone? […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutes It’s 2013, and we should no longer be seeing unhelpful error messages. Some common mistakes and practices, with examples of how to make them better. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutes Why is it that despite using context-defining platforms and communities, we often end up having multiple accounts, one for each aspect of our lives? […] continue reading »
