The Archives
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01.17.08Passionate workaholicsSeth Godin's latest post describes a new type of worker, comparing them favorably with the old school workaholic: A workaholic lives on fear. It's fear that drives him to show up all the time. The best defense, apparently, is a good attendance record. A new class of jobs (and workers) is creating a different sort of worker, though. This is the person who works out of passion and curiosity, not fear. I am deeply passionate about what I do, and am working hard to build knowledge, credibility and profile around it so that I can be passionate all the time rather than relying ...
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01.16.08Futzing and productivityA couple of days ago, my pal Tara Hunt posted a great piece, Futzing as the Future of Work. In it, she discusses the nature of the way she and many others she knows do their work. She describes it as futzing. What she actually means is that she spends a great deal of time during her work engaging in: the process by which one wanders around without aim, having conversations (with new and old friends), gathering random information, learning ostensibly useless knowledge and avoiding all tasks/duties clear and present What Tara's talking about, and what I've discussed here on ...
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01.11.08Creative sacrificeStowe Boyd, who I had the pleasure of meeting in San Francisco last year, has posted an inspiring and deeply thoughtful discussion on the sacrifices we make as creative workers. I know personally that my work-life balance frankly, isn't and the blurred line between what is work and what isn't grows ever more blurry. The quotes below resonated particularly strongly with me: It's only work if you have to make yourself do it. If you have to hold yourself back, it's play. This life calls us, we don't pick it. And it has an austerity to it, since the majority of the ...
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01.07.088 Things…My friend, Andrew Boyd, tagged me with the "8 things you didn't know about me" task a little while back and this is the first opportunity I've had to tackle it. So here you go - my eight things. I'm about to pitch a book idea. Fingers crossed! More about that if it progresses. Alli and I do respite foster care for Barnardos. This means the we spend one weekend a month caring for two young children (brother and sister) who have been with us for nearly three years now. Their parents are recovering drug addicts and have ...
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01.03.08How acidlabs worksI can't and won't try to give you all the answers. Unlike big consulting companies, I don't give you a cookie cutter solution to your (and apparently everyone else's) problems. What I will give you is my time and commitment so that you get a great outcome to fit your specific need. I absolutely expect you to do the same in return - committing your time, resources and energy to completing and delivering the projects we work on together and making decisions in a timely way. Manifesto I care about your business, your problems and the solutions to them. I care ...
