• In praise of Curio Devices

    In praise of Curio Devices

    Devices that feel of their time – but in a way that reflects more on what our current era says about us. Devices that we still want to love, even if they’re anachronistic or unfeasible.

  • May ’25 catch-up

    May ’25 catch-up

    May’s been busy…

  • Backlog Review: The Space Between

    Backlog Review: The Space Between

    Where do you go when you want to be by yourself? What places would you construct to escape to?

  • Plans vs Plants

    Plans vs Plants

    This bit of land down the road from us has been empty for a long time. It was industrial units before that, but they were cleared along with the plants and the fox families and the sense of nothing-but-now, to make way for plans and ideas. I saw the plans and ideas on paper, an…

  • Pickyness vs Busyness – a manifesto for curation

    Pickyness vs Busyness – a manifesto for curation

    Carrying on thinking about busyness, with some useful thoughts emerging. I’ve been more conscious about “feeling the texture of lists” – whether that’s content backlogs, to-do lists, or anything else. In general, one thing defines an unhelpful list: a lack of control (or the lack of feeling of control). From this single sense spirals a…

  • An analysis of current busyness

    An analysis of current busyness

    Everything is busy recently. I’m too busy to get a decent perspective on it all, in fact, which is a vicious cycle and one to be taken seriously. I think my busyness comes from multiple directions, some of which are more flexible than others, but it’s definitely a heady mix of organising things, doing things,…