One #FollowFriday, a few tweets and one innocent drink has led to an amazing 2 year relationship! Pete means a lot to me and I don't know where I would be now if he wasn't in it.
So cheers to two amazing years and to the great adventures we still have ahead!
I really want to find out more about the art of tea drinking. We now live in a coffee dominated culture and I am fascinated by this ancient past time…anyone got any ideas?
My pet hate of the week is seeing people walking down the street, still wearing their headphones and trying to talk to their friends…no you can't multi task…it is just rude!
This is going to become very useful if it actually comes out - http://bit.ly/J79Rcu
Congratulations to Mark Zuckerberg on becoming a billionaire and getting married! http://on.mash.to/KqkwhC
Thats The Hunger Games finished - what a great book! Right, time to download the next
What a quiet months for good films…fingers crossed for Prometheus!
Yay for a new drunk kitchen!
These are just a few thoughts that have crossed my mind this week and are no way meant to offend. If you want to discuss these further or want to make your opinion heard, please drop a comment below.
Hidden away in the back of this month’s Wired magazine is a great article on how Wired uses 7 rules to spots the next big trend, idea, product or service. I’ve always been really interested to know how people do this so I wanted to share this with you.
Here are the 7 rules you need to follow to spot the next big thing.
You need to: 1 - Look for cross pollinators > Ideas that can cross boundaries 2 - Surf the exponentials > Ideas that take advantage and spot things that are becoming faster, cheaper and smaller 3 - Demand Deep Design > Ideas and products that keep design at the heart of development 4 - Give points for audacity > Ideas that are bold and daring can often be very good 5 - Bank on openness > Ideas that are open and want to integrate (explain, integrate with what?) 6 - Favour the liberators > Ideas or products that are making changes to something that's usually closed off 7 - Spend time with the time-wasters > Ideas that come from people playing and not looking for a direct solution to the problem.
What do you think? Has this triggered some new thoughts or do you think you have the next big idea? For me, it made me look at the things that could be used to make your day a little bit easier. For example, why don’t tube announcements give you the weather report outside? Would it not be useful if you knew that you needed to get your brolly out of your bad before you step outside the station?
Go and grab of a copy of the new Wired to get the full article, it is totally worth it.
Also, this month’s issue (June 2012) features a great editorial piece on Troy Carter, who's best known as Lady Gaga’s manager. His knowledge and thoughts on social media made her the sensation that she is today. What surprised me was his big focus on data. He really wants to understand how and why people buy records and what they do with it. In this data rich age, this type of data is not available to record companies. They can’t build a complete picture or the fan who follows the tweets and downloads the records.
Anyway, go and enjoy it for yourself before I spoil the rest of it for you!
Got some thoughts? Share your comments with me! I’m always up for a good discussion.
Why don't tube stations give you more information? Like the weather outside?
Have I succumbed to a stereotype by having a Superman cover for my iPhone?
Some times you just have to say "fuck it" and agree to an adventure!
The people who touch your life the most are the ones you see occasionally but can chat for hours to.
Trying to predict the future is hard
What is better…paper to digital comics?
When the sun is out, the hotties come out of the wood work.
I am totally in love with Hanna Hart - she needs to do a drunk kitchen in my flat - Her YouTube Channel >>> http://bit.ly/ISh1kJ
These are just a few thoughts that have crossed my mind this week and are no way meant to offend. If you want to discuss these further or want to make your opinion heard, please drop a comment below.
