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My talk at Oxford Geek Nights

I’ll be giving a talk at Oxford Geek Nights on the 7th August about making ideas happen.

It will be called “Get it done! Practical techniques on making your amazing ideas happen.”

Many of us, designers and developers, come up with great ideas, for our personal projects and for our day jobs. We get really excited about an idea, sometimes we start developing them but often we don’t finish. We don’t find time, we lose interest or we feel it’s too hard to do. We then jump to the next new exciting idea, and the cycle goes on. This cycle is very common and it prevents us to make our great ideas happen.

In this talk, I’ll be sharing practical techniques to help you keep the momentum going and finish your ideas.

My aim is to inspire people in the room so they go away feeling they can apply the techniques and finish their amazing projects that have been left behind.

Oxford Geek Nights: http://oxford.geeknights.net/

I’ve gone through phases with running…

I’ve started running a few months ago and I’ve gone through these phases so far:

1. Running is really boring! Will I ever be able to do this?
2. Running is boring, but the feeling afterwards is amazing. I’ll go again and see how I feel.
3. Running is addictive. I just need to go for a run!

… 6 months (24 runs) later…
I now really enjoy running!

Caring for your introvert

How can I let the introvert in my life know that I support him and respect his choice?

First, recognize that it’s not a choice. It’s not a lifestyle. It’s an orientation.
Second, when you see an introvert lost in thought, don’t say “What’s the matter?” or “Are you all right?”
Third, don’t say anything else, either.”

Jonathan Rauch. Caring for Your Introvert, article at The Atlantic.