Typo (4): (no) Standard English
[The task of documenting all the words in the English lanuguage] no longer seems finite. Lexicographers are accepting the languages boundlessness. They know by heart… Read More »Typo (4): (no) Standard English
June 2019
Seth Godin on fear and reassurance
The way [of handling fear] that doesn’t work is reassurance. Reassurance doesn’t work because you need an infinite amount of it. Someone can give you… Read More »Seth Godin on fear and reassurance
Typo (3): the myth of correct spelling
Ironically – considering the frequency with which school children use it for exactly this purpose – the Oxford English Dictionary never set out to specify… Read More »Typo (3): the myth of correct spelling
Social media: the Ruby principle
Don’t talk so much. Instead be so good that for your clients …there’s nothing at all Except the space in-between Finding out what you’re called… Read More »Social media: the Ruby principle
Typo (2): error rate
The other thing about typos is how few we actually make relative to the attention we pay to them. A single spelling or grammar mistake… Read More »Typo (2): error rate
Typo (1)
I was reading an article – a thoughtful, well researched, nicely structured, neatly expressed piece of writing about something important – when I came across… Read More »Typo (1)
On a friend’s fridge it said
Remember that you’re raising children, not solving problems. We do better when we think first about the people involved in all of the problems we’re… Read More »On a friend’s fridge it said
Breakfast recipe
More sleep Less caffeine Fewer pixels
Sprinkler system
Using a garden sprinkler system is a type of outsourcing – to technology, instead of people. The time saved is almost certainly worth the money… Read More »Sprinkler system
Friction (3): when friction helps
Friction in the wrong places slows us down and drains our energy, but it has its uses: Friction in processes or emotional friction it’s often… Read More »Friction (3): when friction helps