When you work in a creative environment (and are social distancing or self-isolating), keeping close and collaborative can feel hard. Here’s a list of tools that can help that I’ve found useful. Video calls Whereby – A solid backup if Google Hangouts isn’t working. In this free version, we can have up to 4 people… Continue reading Remote working tools
Category: Technology
Some useful tools
Every project is different in terms of what’s needed for insight, so I like to capture and share ones I have used recently in case others find them helpful. Here’s a little roundup of ones from this week: Atlas of Emotions – This interactive tool categorises human emotions and responses. It’s super cool and useful… Continue reading Some useful tools
Waiting
What’s the longest you’ve had to wait for something? Was it even worth waiting for? This simple idea, rooted in human behaviour is so impactful because it makes you think about what really matters. Since c. 2008, I’ve had an idea that you could use tech to facilitate organ donation. Not in a sinister black market… Continue reading Waiting
What three words
How can you give an address to places that may not have a street name? Or a postcode? Insert what3words, an addressing system that assigns three random words to every 3×3 meter square of this world, giving every place a unique identifier.
Fairphone 2
Fairphone are on a mission: disrupt the mobile phone sector. No big deal, right? Whilst this may seems like a massive feat, competing with the Apples and Samsungs of the world, they’re totally doing it. With 60,000 phones of their first model sold – many of which were pre-ordered with a long wait time – it’s obvious… Continue reading Fairphone 2
OLIO
In my last year of highschool, some friends and I volunteered at a soup kitchen in downtown Hamilton. One evening I served a man who said “You can only be sure of two things in life: one, you need to eat and two, you’re going to die. So be sure that when you’re older you work in… Continue reading OLIO
Getaround
Upon a recent trip to San Francisco, I needed to rent a car. After tapping up the usual suspects I realised that I didn’t want the burden of looking after a car for the whole week. For one, parking in SF is a nightmare, there are just too many cars. And secondly, I only needed… Continue reading Getaround
Useful and free digital tools
Born from requests from friends, clients and collaborators, I’ve compiled a resource that lists some of the best free online tools to use for publishing, social media, measurement and market analysis. There are *so* many companies providing services and my list is not an exhaustive one. It’s just some tools that I find useful in the… Continue reading Useful and free digital tools
Writing About Writing
Recently, I’ve been working on a few different writing projects. Only 15 days in to October, I’ve written more than 60,000 words this month. That’s six times the length of my dissertation. Wowza. In writing so much I have come across a couple of tools that have transformed the way I work and the way I edit… Continue reading Writing About Writing
HandUp
Many pressing socio-economic problems need rethinking. Homelessness is one of these. There have been a slew of amazing projects, stories and organisations emerging with new ideas to solve homelessness, a problem that exists everywhere.