At the start of 2011 I hadn’t yet decided to participate in the Belron Triathlon, nor was I yet back to being a member of the gym. Now, 12 months later, here I am writing about my gym sessions like a dork and have a open water swim race under my belt. I remember when [...]
The Annual New Year Resolution Post – 2012
There is an oxymoron of absurdity and beauty about the idea that because a date changes, you get a clean slate to start over. The beauty lies in the psychology behind how a simple date change can convince our minds that we can actually have this fresh start. It’s a new year or even tomorrow’s another day. [...]
Twitter lists best practice
Lists. I love lists. I love lists and I love Twitter. What this means is that, you guessed it – I love Twitter Lists. There are a few types of lists. The kind where you write down what you want to achieve and then have the amazingly simple satisfaction of ‘marking one off’ once you’ve [...]
Steve Jobs on death – My favourite Jobs quote
The benefit of death, he said, is you know not to waste life living someone else’s choices. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, 1955 – 2011 For reasons that [...]
The social sharing user experience
You may have heard the term social search and you may have seen more new buttons than you care to, appear on all your favourite blog posts and websites. Welcome to the dawn of ‘social sharing’. Below are my practices and some basic top tips on making sure your sharing options are as successful as [...]
Post tri workouts – August/September
The Triathlon happened. It was amazing and while I was thinking during the end “I’m never doing this again…”, every time I think back I think I want to do it again! I really need to dedicate an entire post to how it made me feel, the emotions and how I feel it brought me full [...]
9/11 Baby: Meetup.com – Inspiring Letter from Founder Scott Heiferman
Opening my emails generally provides itself with a few interesting things, new friends and the opportunity to cull my email subscriptions. When I opened my email this morning, this was all the same and there was an email from Meetup.com with the subject line “9/11 & Us”. As the 10 year anniversary of a day [...]
Darcie’s Xmas list Item 1 – Tetris Sticky Notes
If you know me, you know my almost sick obsession with stationary and my deep love for Super Mario Brothers and Tetris. I also have a think for post it’s/sticky notes in general. Well, this sweet little diddy covers off two of those! Tetris Sticky Notes designed by Ben Ambrose. I’ve not found where they [...]