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…
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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
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.
![Roll in it](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051798232-S483GWHH4B2U6AITN1W6/IMG_1385-2-1140x722.jpg)
![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)
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Penultimate
The quest for the ideal journal/pen combo has gone on for more years than I like to contemplate…I may have found the perfect set…or I may have to get to work…
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![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?
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Working on my "Or"
The thing about inventing, or creating anything really, is that it’s wonderful. Really wonderful...unless it’s absolute torture.
![What Drives You](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584123736520-NL5G78S1Z7QA6M2XKB8Z/Canyon-Stars-1-552x274.jpeg)
What Drives You
Out of anything in my life, I’m most enthusiastic about creativity – which is why if anyone asks what I am, my first response is, Inventor.