No, I don't think so, but when Monday morning rolls around you may want one of these pencils.
I love this, I must keep it in mind when I'm working, I'm such a flowery, verbose person at times, it's good to remember to keep things simple and human. Happy Wednesday everyone.
I'm wearing my cowboy boots today and happened to come across this image, which I could really do with this week, it's a bit manic, pitches galore at work, but all very exciting.
Malcolm Gladwell author of The Tipping Point, Blink and most recently Outliers: The Story of Success, gave a talk last night at The Lyceum Theatre, home of The Lion King. Despite an incredible mane of hair, think Sideshow Bob, he was there as himself on TLK's night off to talk about, as it transpired, plane crashes. We weren't expecting this. He is well known for insightful ideas, observations, provocative thoughts and a love of physchological tests that translate the human factor into real life stories and in this case catastrophes.
What do you get when you cross Tim Burton, Tim Walker and Roald Dahl?
I've just completed a two day After Effects course and am now eager to animate EVERYTHING!
I was on a bendy bus today and it was as entertaining as ever, I hope Borris doesn't really ban them, although as a cyclist I can see their menace, however I enjoy watching people being disorientated on the sliding platforms of the 'bend'. Schadenfreude aside, I always feel like I'm inside an accordion and apparently I'm not the only one... 
The Friday feeling struck us last week as I realised a few of us had inadvertently come to work in Star Trek garb. I printed off a few badges and hey presto, geek fancy dress, my dad would be proud though.
This satisfies the maths geek and the designer in me. As my wonderful maths teacher used to say 'algebra is beautiful' and so is this idea. Personally I would have made 6 o' clock 
the square root of 36.
I have always confused dessert with desert, and I have had enough, so I decided to teach myself a way of remembering. Thought I'd share.
I have just ffffound this and am in utter awe of it's simplicity and beautiful execution.
Her name is Mami.
Matthew Irvine Brown spoke at This is Playful last Friday and I wanted to share his playful genius. Matthew’s talk was pure playfulness and it such a relief as I was beginning to worry about the day’s events. Although best known for his work at Last FM, he concentrated his talk on his sideline personal projects: Trumpet Hero, Breath Control Car and Singing Sock Puppets.
"This is a singing sock puppet. There's a sensor inside that knows how wide his mouth is open, so he can sing up and down a scale. Open his mouth a little, he sings a low note; open wider, he sings a higher note; even wider, he screams at the top of his voice. And so on."
I went along to Conway Hall to step outside of my comfort zone and learn a little about gaming; I’m a huge fan of playful design so I was open to new experiences.
The event was organised by Pixel Lab and compèred by their very own Toby Barnes, it would be a day of 20minute talks and lots of tea breaks. It was a varied day, with lots of super intelligent people, some of which were very charming and funny, some less so, but a playful attitude was in abundance, whether you were tech savvy or not, it was an inspiring day.
Highlights included making a Guitar Hero guitar into a real acoustic one, singing sock puppets, free jelly beans and a man with a gigantic head who managed to obstruct my view with such efficiency during one talk I estimated him to have achieved approximately 80 square feet of visual obstruction. Impressive.
Image credit: Tom T Pictured is Roo Reynolds hacking his Guitar
