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An ode to information overload

I’ve just returned to work after 2 weeks of holiday. Before I left, I decided that I had had enough of being addicted to looking at the endless feed of information and hysteria on twitter. It’s one of many bad digital addictions, and it ruins my ability to concentrate.

Is this really happening?

Another morning, trying to fight down the sheer panic and disbelief.

It’s like this has come out of nowhere.

The Village and the Haters

Once there was a village and in it lived many types of people from all over the land, the Mayor, a few rich merchants and a small group called the Haters.

ToDo Hack

Here’s my todo/pm hack – I use the stickies app on MacOS to list my current projects or tasks, and the length indicates the size or how much is left. Just for approximation.

Are you Agile?

I think that most companies that say they practice Agile are kidding themselves.

The Great Design Discourse

The digital design and UX design professions seem to be having a great moment of introspection lately, some of it raising important discussion, whilst a lot of it descends into pedantic shouting on social media.

4 days a week

I have now started working 4 days a week. Friday was the first time that I did it. In terms of activities, the day was not just free time, but the crucial bit was that there was no laptop, there was no constant feeling of angst or guilt about “I should be working on something”.