Left Brain vs. Right Brain

I've been looking for this image for weeks, and finally found it. If you're a Mac owner like me, save this as your desktop for a week - it'll look fantastic. Continuing my series of creativity posts...

European Plastic Bags

Plastic bags are both mundane and very useful at the same time. If you shop at Tesco, Waitrose or another UK supermarket regularly, you'll no doubt have a stash of plastic bags under the sink or behind the door, all branded with the supermarkets…

Creativity (part 2)

I like this. Not as much as my first creativity post, but it's still very valid.

13 Items That Show You’re An Early 90’s School Kid

This throwback, nostalgic post was inspired by this post over on BuzzFeed. I thought I'd add more of a UK spin :)Weren't the 90's great? Here's 13 items that you usually saw in the playground, round someones wrist, on someones forehead…

The End is Nigh? The Mayan Calendar Countdown

I'm going to deep dive into philosophy and science for this post, stick with me! I often joke (maybe I shouldn't after you read this post) that something catastrophic will happen on the 21st December 2012. This all stems from an article I read…

Creativity

I like to think I'm a creative person. This quote was shared with me a few weeks ago by someone who also believes I have creative blood. It's a big picture thing, and it certainly struck a chord with me, so I thought I'd share it with you :)."Creativity…

The Big Picture

Whenever I have deep and meaningful conversations about life, I always refer to the 'big picture'. My outlook of life has always been to avoid getting bogged down in the day to day strifes, and focus on the longer term experiences which are…

My First Infographic!

I'm a 'learn by doing' guy, so I've always been curious about creating videos and infographics. As such, I thought it was about time I had a go at creating an infographic.Visual.ly is the infographic site of choice, and the recently launched…

How To Scan A QR Code

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I keep seeing QR codes pop up more and more. East London, New York, Cornwall...and even the Lake District. Last Christmas I was in a karaoke bar in Edinburgh with some guys from my football team (of which none of them work in digital, and wouldn't…

Altruism Versus Self-Interest

I've always been intrigued as to how and why certain people behave in a certain way in a given situation. Why do they choose x over y? Did they do that certain something truly for someone else, or did they do it simply to make themselves feel…