Recently, I designed the cover for a genuinely great novel called God's Ponzi. It is a tough story to capture in a single image. Some thoughts on 'why' - Clearly, it's Ponzi, thus it's about money in some way. So this set the green + $ for me. …

Against your will — but in your best interest I was privately asked: ‘My pitches generally go really well, and I notice I get shy- for lack of a better word- when it comes to closing rapidly. …

Who’s on your side? — First, a little parable (that happens to be true) A🐅fails to catch the🐐9 out of 10 times. Most people don’t realise they fail that much. But why does it fail so? The🐅is running for its dinner. The🐐 is running for its life. Example: A seller wants the highest price. A…

Are you sure you are correct? It is often the situation that I ask someone to do something, or why they are doing something the way they are (policy, etc.), and an argument will ensue where they try to tell/teach me why it has to be the way it is. …

Sadly, only in one direction. — I’ve invented a lot of things. Or more accurately (in my mind) I noticed the same thing someone else would have noticed, I simply got it to market first. Or, more banally, wasn’t even thinking of it as an invention, it was just one or several things that had to…

Today we are going to laugh at not laughing, or not laugh at those that laugh. — ‘Analyzing humour is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it.’ — Katharine and E.B. White To Serve Man First, here is a bit of humour. Perhaps we should say a bite of humour. But like much of all great humour, it’s a framing of the truth…

The battle vs. the war — I don’t have a podcast, nor am I popular on social media, because, let’s face it, I’m a designer and architect, and our types are weird(os) for the most part. I’m not selling anything. When I was, I was popular (millions of viewers). Even by proxy, my LinkedIn profile…

Once, for some male friends, I wrote a little ‘help guide’ for buying lingerie for their girlfriends. In my attempt to be concise, and reduce the instructions to something my peer group could follow (mostly scientists, engineers, and the like) I made declarative statements (in the style of Hemingway, but…

This is a rant. But, I hope you will learn at least something new by reading this. Also, ever wish someone would at least try to explain things in a way we can all understand? I’ll do my best here, as well by exploding acronyms (at the bottom). <rant> Hooking…