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We are allowed to make things up
You can decide to make things up. And we will need you to. Find new ways to look after the…
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Principles for work
in designA short blog post, to remember a thing I wrote at the weekend, and expand on it a little. I…
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Shearing Layers & Pace Layers
There is a great story about Hunter S. Thompson typing out all of The Great Gatsby and Farewell to Arms…
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A machine for walking
in rivetingsI have rented a machine to do my walking for me. I can walk, of course, and choose to do…
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Design as a Demonstrator
Over in West London, there is a building whose purpose is to start things, even though it will never be…
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Random Roadtrip Radio
in cultureWe’ve been away for Easter in the campervan. I think we’ve seen all of the possible weathers of the United…
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Pokémon Gone
I posted some writing yesterday about Pokémon Go, a fun throwaway remark in a book chapter I’m writing for Riccardo…
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Seeing like a Stoat
A list of links between various recent things which expand our sense in ways that help us see the world…
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More time than reasonably expected
Reflections on the quote from magician Teller – “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone…
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Sussex is a Thing
I was invited this week to give a short talk on day one of the Sussex & Brighton Devolution Policy…
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Laissez-faire Cognitive Debt
I have been thinking a lot recently about Cognitive Debt from one particular perspective; often the need for ‘thinking’ is…
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What *is* writing?
in cultureIf you aren’t going to really write something, I’m not really going to read it. This was a reaction I…