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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 that’s stuck with me ever since.
Read moreJust 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 that’s stuck with me ever since.
Read moreIt’s more than difficult to explain what it’s like when your senses collide with Asia; the sounds, the smells, the sights. I sampled sounds from India’s roaring cities, to chanting in Bangladesh, nature’s orchestra in Vietnam, to the bells of Himalayan horses as a way to
Read moreA renewed appreciation for life, helmets and the wonderful people of India 🇮🇳
Read moreSurprises, agonies and insights from a 10 day Vipassana meditation in Chennai, India.
Read moreFor the last few days I've been hanging with Andreas from Sweden. This is a photo of him pulling a silly face. He is a big, kind, larger than life character. He plays the guitar [https://instagram.com/p/BNKVhHLjs3R/], takes jaw-dropping photos [https://instagram.com/p/BLHITdOj1zp/] and wears
Read moreTrekked over to the other side of Hanoi to Bún chả Hương Liên — where Obama and Joe Biden came for Bún Chả (noodles, greens and bbq pork strips in a f-u-c-k-i-n-g sensational soup). The lady pictured top left came to sit opposite me. She spoke exceptionally good English. She pointed
Read more📋🏃🏽 written on the move, typos and all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just got back from Koh Rong – an island off of the south west coast of Cambodia - and I'm en route to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. It's comical how far some of the coach drivers stretch the definition of
Read moreIt’s easy to rest on the assumption that costs are only monetary. In product design, this misses an important point — costs are everywhere: * Waiting for a webpage to load is a cost. * Typing in your card details is a cost. * Figuring out whether to trust a company you’ve
Read moreOnboarding customers to your new product is tricky. Onboarding customers to a new financial product is really tricky. For a mountain of security and regulatory reasons you’re required to collect and validate a towering number of data points. Of course, for each additional data point that we had to
Read moreBack in August 1972, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced the late Massimo Vignelli’s new map of the subway system. New Yorkers were furious. Complaints came flooding in [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/arts/design/the-subway-map-that-rattled-new-yorkers.html?_r=1] : > “Stations seemed to be in the wrong
Read moreAdmittedly it’s taken us longer than it should have, but here’s the story behind Fruitful and how we raised over £500,000 of venture funding, built and shipped a marketplace that attracted £1.8million of lending, captured the minds of recognised experts in the field as well as
Read more> “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” — Isaac Asimov [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16667.Isaac_Asimov] When you’re building a company, your ability to make good assumptions can be the difference
Read moreIt should come as no surprise: The best way to make a point, teach something or sell a product is to tell stories. Here’s one of my favourite storytellers: When I start preparing for a talk, I often struggle to think of stories that help explain the ‘thing’ I
Read moreManaged to find some time to flick through my music and produce a new mix. Tinged with autumn leaves, this mix brings together some of my favourite melodic house tracks featuring the likes of Guy J [https://soundcloud.com/guy-j], Vincenzo [http://www.anjunadeep.com/vincenzo-the-vanishing-years/], Radiohead and the very
Read moreYesterday I was in the market for some plughole unblocker. We’ve moved places recently and I forgot to put this useful little thing [http://www.oxo.com/products/cleaning-laundry/bathroom-cleaning/shower-stall-drain-protector] in our shower. So I head into Tesco and — eventually — I find the section for bleaches and plughole
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