By mattr on February 14, 2010
Valentine or not? That is the question today… buried under a mountain of cards and messages or a single wish – either way, I hope you have exactly what you need. If after that, you still need something to warm your cockles – how about some Sunday inspiration, first up – [...]
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By mattr on February 13, 2010
Lesley Hornby – Twiggy, icon & muse, great combination.
Posted in muse
By mattr on February 12, 2010
I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking. David Bowie
Have any of us? Positive thinking is such an important starting point for success. Try some for size as you face into your next challenge.
What keeps you positive in the face of big challenges?
Posted in hero
By mattr on February 9, 2010
I recently gave some internet safety talks in schools – highlighting some methods that parents can take to support their childrens use of the internet in a safe and responsible way.
CeOp – The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has today launched some excellent code that will allow you to embed a link to CeOps [...]
Posted in internet
By mattr on February 9, 2010
The black box above is an extraordinary piece of art, every ten minutes the black box connects to a server on the internet to check whether it is for sale on eBay. If the auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction.
If a person buys it on [...]
Posted in art, design
By mattr on February 8, 2010
Monday morning – the blank page of another awesome week stretches ahead, here are my reasons to be cheerful today…
Heligoland by Massive Attack comes out today – superbly weird and wonderful, full of amazing collaborations, Albarn, Guy Garvey and Tunde – unbelievable.
From Pong to Little Big Planet – the history of [...]
Posted in reasonstobecheerful
By mattr on February 7, 2010
Sunday morning rolls around – spending quality time in the peaceful eye of the storm. I’m up early for some time in the fresh air, breaking some clays. Then its time to chill out with some great music and some slices of internet based inspiration. Our tune this week is WOLD by Harry Chapin, one [...]
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By mattr on February 6, 2010
Penelope Cruz – a fantastic gallery of shots from Pedro Almodovars Broken Embraces.
Posted in muse
By mattr on February 5, 2010
“Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent” – Marlon Brando
Give some thought to that, the next time you are pushing for the next grade or the next payrise, the two things are not always related. Keep developing, keep learning and then maybe you’ll be worth it.
What [...]
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By mattr on February 1, 2010
Monday morning – sun shining, despite a light dusting of snow to the West of London… here are my reasons to be cheerful today…
New Hot Chip album is released today – One Life Stand– and it’s bloody fantastic.
Peter Serafinowicz’s take on the iPad is very clever.
Nicole’s Blog keeps getting better, [...]
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