Shopping BazarColumn detail in the Aghia SophiaAghia Sophia main ceilingSĆ¼leymaniye Mosqueā©, Istanbul. The teacher of the student that designed the Blue Mosque, designed this mosque. Lonely airports. KaÅ, Antalya KaÅ town.Merchandising mojo.KaÅ peninsula. Get your pallet trucks.Retail display.
Read moreI wrote a short intro piece for our Software Engineering blog at Ideal Modular Homes. Weāre building real-time, high-dependency software that assists with the design, manufacture and installation of our sustainable modular homes. Weāll be sharing more about of technology choices, lessons learned and our process in upcoming
Read moreWe spent today wondering around Penzance in Cornwall, England. There was a shop called CASH FOR YOUR JUNK. It looked a lot like my old grandfatherās garage. A jumble sale of odd things. Plates, lamps, tins, statues, an old petrol forecourt spinning Jet logo etc etc. Hoarderās heaven.
Read moreAfter a few months of flicking through music, I made a new mix which marks episode #21 of this little show. Soulful music and French house cuts. Afroleft Ā· This & That #21Shout out to my Mum and Ryan for putting āStruggleā by Tinush on my radar. A bit of fighting
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Opened over 220 years ago in 1800. Carries the canal 100ft over the River Goyt. Nice spot to pour a cheeky flask of tea. Ashton > marple > Stockport | bike Tour | Komootafroleft planned an outdoor adventure with komoot! Distance: 39.2Ā km | Duration: 02:30Ā hkomoot
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Healthcare Workers are seeing Covid-19 patients without the appropriate protective equipment. A group of us from Manchester and Liverpool are sourcing materials, producing PPE and connecting small scale manufacturers directly with healthcare workers and centrally with hospital procurement teams across the North West, UK. Update: We now have a website
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6 months, 2 Royal Enfield Bullets, 65 near deaths, 1 hospitalisation, 2 CT scans, 1682 cups of chai & 25,000km of ground covered. I didnāt know Maz before I reached India. I do now. Here are the best (and worst) bits.
Read moreA few months back I moved on from Patchworkāa health-tech startup thatās bringing flexible working to healthcare. When I joined as its product lead, we were at 1 NHS Trust. Just shy of 2 years later and the company is fast approaching 20ādouble digit marketshare. It has
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This was an identity idea for an eco-friendly home builder. Cushy never got to see the light of day so sharing it here with your lovely eyes.
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After a few years away from the graphics editor, I dusted off my old copy of Sketch to make a logo for a thing. Chuffed I have an excuse to use a doggo in a logo. Need @andy88jones to help me with kerning. He has a friend called Kern. Here
Read moreAfter 2 years Iām moving on from Patchwork to join Idealāwhere weāre building gorgeous, eco-friendly homes that donāt cost our planet.
Read moreOne of the things Iām piss poor at is stakeholder engagementāenabling everyone see tradeoffs the way I can. Sadly the problem exacerbates as your company scales. Helpful to see Chris Thewell speaking at the UX Crunch last night. On the dial ask What are we optimising for? Unpack
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Just over 2 years ago I was mid way through a 12 day solo trek over the Western Himalayas in Ladakh, the far north of India. Something happened thatās stuck with me ever since.
Read moreItās more than difficult to explain what itās like when your senses collide with Asia; the sounds, the smells, the sights. I sampled sounds from Indiaās roaring cities, to chanting in Bangladesh, natureās orchestra in Vietnam, to the bells of Himalayan horses as a way to
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A renewed appreciation for life, helmets and the wonderful people of India š®š³
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