How to have a meeting that doesn't suck

Have a defined end-point for the meeting, and get there as soon as you can. Take your own notes, by hand, on paper. You'll notice what's relevant to you and the act of writing helps you recall it. Allow audience participation, it's not a

Patience, a story in one hundred words

Rain and grains of hail bounced off her hide with a metallic ting, falling to the cobblestones below. Solidified iron draped over her crouched form, holding her in place and burning her skin every second of every day, eyes propped open, ears half-blocked, muscles aching to stretch and open her

Recent doodles

Flowers: Writing tools: Horned cyclops:

Recycled Firefighter Inspector review, v1 and v2

Recycled Firefighter makes wallets and notebook covers from fire hose that’s been taken out of service. It’s run by Jake, a firefighter in Kentucky, and he sews a lot of fire hose. Some products come with a back story, a note explaining which fire hose was used and

Craftsy drawing class

I picked up a Craftsy class, 10 Essential Techniques for Better Drawing by Patricia Watwood, and this is what I produced for lesson three, where she's talking about composition lines, block in lines, and contour lines. Above is my drawing with just the block-in lines to show where

Two reasons I'm not buying a Tesla Model S

Got this in an email from Tesla about the Model S: At this time, the Model S does not have the ability to lock and unlock individual doors. That said, we give owners the option to disable the keyless entry function of the car. Not sure how you'd

Doodle revolution

The second half of the Doodle Revolution book is about the Infodoodle, and it's a lot more text-heavy. The Infodoodle sounds a lot like a sketchnote, it's a tool for remembering and summarising a large amount of verbal or written information into an easy-to-recall image and

Tesla Model S mini review

We test-drove the Tesla Model S P85D (bigger battery, dual motors, all-wheel drive) on Saturday. It's a gorgeous car, with breathtaking acceleration, and amazing amounts of cargo space in both front and back. The red is a deep, rich, lipstick colour. We were told it's made

Doodle!

I'm reading Sunni Brown's book The Doodle Revolution, and this is from two of the exercises in chapter four: Sunni Brown has a six minute TED talk, Doodler's Unite! that includes some of the material from the book. I've drawn cartoon animals

2015 resolutions

There are three resolutions I want to stick to for 2015: 1. I will not stab anyone in 2015 (for another year...) 2. Get my first degree brown belt in karate. 3. Write daily in my new Five Year Diary (my second five years of daily journalling) I'm