They Conceal Information Like That in Books
Recently, I had a chance to review my bucket list of things I’d like to build. It’s…not small. But looking back, it all began with one, critical, book.
![Stuck? Get a Robot Duck.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584512854802-0CJAZ2DEZ25BXRPE9PK7/RobotDuckyHeader.jpg)
Stuck? Get a Robot Duck.
Then I realized, it’s not really about Robot Ducky or the site that wasn’t…it’s about how you approach challenges, find solutions, spark creativity, and, most importantly, keep moving forward.
![Book Recommendation: Things Come Apart, Todd McLellan](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051519186-DMJFZMH6UO7O6TMMSES1/rift_insides.jpg)
Book Recommendation: Things Come Apart, Todd McLellan
As a kid I used to get myself into trouble for taking my toys apart. I didn’t know how to communicate to Mum and Dad the true value I felt when I understood what was going on inside, and how exciting it was…
![Perfection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051621142-0P8JAMDQB8ZTMOKUE7ZN/purple_filament.png)
Perfection
Perfection is subjective and demanding and, also, doesn’t really exist. I know all this, but I’m also a chronic recovering perfectionist…
![A World in a Grain of Sand](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051654030-BPP572G06801OXYWCR3U/Silicon-Wafer-reflection-1140x714.jpg)
A World in a Grain of Sand
I have created whole worlds from nothing but my imagination. Building landscapes, giving them texture and form, shape and light. I peopled them with creatures fantastic and mundane. I gave them life and rules they were obliged to follow…
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![It's Bigger on the Inside: Thinking Inside an Infinite Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051700755-38M9WD3IG83RU5F9M1K4/Printing-the-tray-2-1140x686.png)
It's Bigger on the Inside: Thinking Inside an Infinite Box
The part where I’m overwhelmed by the ideas flooding my brain is the exciting bit - the part where I have to pick which one I actually want to pursue and develop is where the frustration comes in.
![What Don't We Get?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051822091-TEPAW8QE7JA3NK8EVFYD/The-Place-large-552x322.png)
What Don't We Get?
…the urgency of money can be a stifling burden on the ability to create…
![What's it Going to Be?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051989365-IDQU0S3BTK0UEFFCPRH7/IMG_1383-2-1140x652.jpg)
![Hey, Let's Start a Revolution!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584052019476-MNH6S68FFU2KLRLXRMJD/pexels-photo-109358-1140x760.jpeg)
Hey, Let's Start a Revolution!
We’re at the edge of a new industrial revolution and I am unspeakably excited about it and all the opportunities and possibilities it will bring…
![The Game is the Thing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584053291964-Y4DS4XT5H4KZINEW7C7Z/pexels-photo-194511-1140x760.jpeg)
The Game is the Thing
This story is for the makers and the gamers – those who create new worlds to explore and conquer and those who enter those worlds to play the game…
![Write Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584053786590-EUYLIYHTLRFY4R1MVOW1/2017-10-14-14.26.24_preview-1140x574.jpeg)
![It's Here...](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584054021029-Z5OBGG06WEJK308GVS3T/Free-Prize-bit-1140x608.jpeg)
![Squirrel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584054308325-MGXTP0YNWMP5KZFTLZFV/pexels-photo-97541-1-1140x760.jpeg)
![Take the Time](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584111099684-20TVSYK18L83NDORLGO8/Stop-Look-Listen-1140x664.jpeg)
![Get to the Garage](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584111536729-S4UEGWKKB30IWAZBAZIS/HomeVRLab2-1140x246.jpg)
Get to the Garage
Where do you go to find the room to dream up impossible things and find a way to make them possible? How do you make space to work out problems without being bogged down in the small challenges and big problems of everyday life?
![Ultra Violet](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112540410-T9D6WH2XBD2Y2MLKOME9/22560976_10155819133919166_143834608_o-1140x569.jpg)
Ultra Violet
Sometimes people ask, “Simon, why purple?”
“Why lasers?”
“Why purple lasers?”
![Be the Change](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112663341-3LZFL82AC3LW8EXAYOI5/Change-the-World-1140x712.png)
![Working on my "Or"](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112718459-O7C8AOU783HV6MDK50QY/2017-10-25-22.58.08-1140x664.jpg)
Working on my "Or"
The thing about inventing, or creating anything really, is that it’s wonderful. Really wonderful...unless it’s absolute torture.
![Redshift](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112808345-5SZIH7W2NO77909AVNS3/IMG_6120-22-1140x528.jpg)