the best piece of design i have done to date was my old travel site. it’s a pity that stuff doesn’t come to me more.

in a brief update I am once again working (temporarily) as a bartender, suffering from intermittent internet access, immensely glad that i took the risk to come to sheffield even though the dating experiment just resulted in friendship, riding a bike across hill and dale and reading so so many books.

more adventures to come, of that i am sure.

better to live ones true life with imperfection than an imitation of someone else’s perfectly

bhagavad gita [via jessikatze]

• How can common sense be taught (and understood) in a society where there is no term to describe “common sense” in the local language(s)?
• What methodologies can be taken from online social networks to distribute ideas and knowledge in remote environments where access to technology is incredibly limited and literacy skills are still rudimentary?
• In the “real world” what do you consider to be important when becoming someone’s friend? (This is in opposition to Facebook, MySpace etc when you can just “add” friends quite randomly.)
• Lee! Give me the goss on Sheffield!

There’s far too much to say about everything right now, but after an inspiring Futuresonic conference in Manchester I followed a hunch and visited a fellow conference attendee in Sheffield. We don’t know what it is yet, but there’s something good going on.

Rather than regret not doing anything and returning to Australia in the next month or so, I’m going to take the safer risk and stay in Sheffield for a while to actually get to know this young man. So, the hunt is on for a job, a flat, some dirt to garden in and new experiences.

More to come…