Home A work in progress “Knowledge is experience. Anything else is just information.” Albert Einstein DESIGN Black or white? Design without pictures Leading vs point size Newspapers in films Perfect headline fitting Printer’s jargon Serif or sans? Stories with pictures Straighten your spine The perfect ampersand MATHS & LOGIC 6 billion names Baked bean lies Chicken or egg? Conspicuous lack of aliens Damned lies and statistics Finger counting Giant spiders How much is a million? Yes, and no TECHNOLOGY The iPhone problem Why buy a Mac? Why is spam illiterate? RELIGION Noah’s dilemma The age problem, solved The first Mrs Adam MUSIC Cycle of fifths Happy Birthday How music works Music notation Playing by ear Six chord trick Things that go up at the end Three chord trick PHOTOGRAPHY Left, right and centre On the horizon Walking in, walking out Watch the background PARENTING Distraction beats anger Instruct, don’t humiliate Lying to kids Saying no Stick to the point DO IT YOURSELF Go cordless Measure twice The right multi-tool Tools: start cheap LANGUAGE “You can quote me” Advertising slogans Don’t misquote me He who hesitates If only Mispronounciations Poetry and prose That’ll do nicely The red big bus Updating classics LIFE & WORK Ad agencies And another thing… Be arsed Heads you lose How to get to sleep Meetings and action Ne regrette rien Polite notice Speak softly We need zombies THE ARTS I don’t know much about art… Period drama See what you like Spear carrying The ballet problem PHOTO BLOG