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.
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
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
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
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…
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?
…the urgency of money can be a stifling burden on the ability to create…
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
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…
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
Sometimes people ask, “Simon, why purple?”
“Why lasers?”
“Why purple lasers?”
Working on my "Or"
The thing about inventing, or creating anything really, is that it’s wonderful. Really wonderful...unless it’s absolute torture.
