Refreshing, Energising

Reading this quote last week made me feel refreshed and energised to do unexpected things:

“Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.” Barbara Tober

There’s heaps we do just for the sake of doing it, because it was how we everyone did it yesterday. But it doesn’t mean it has to be done. It definitely doesn’t mean it is best.

In a magazine Availabuild advertised in last year, I noticed a different advertiser had their series of ads aligned differently. The first one had standard placement (right way up). The second and third were upside down and sideways. I wondered if this was an attempt to get noticed.

This could say two things:

  1. Print advertising is terribly ineffective.
  2. What’s unexpected is what’s fresh!

Maybe it says both.

;-)

A good 2nd half

Cream rises to the top

The cream and the crazy rise to the top on Reddit (what’s hot) every time.

BTW, the crazy was named insanely steep stairs.

A big game

Strengths overdone

I heard this today and liked it…

“A strength overdone can become a weakness” (Author unknown)

So true! Kinda like:

  • analytical skills taken too far can make someone too particular
  • a relaxed demeanor taken too far can result in, um, no results
  • motivation taken too far can make for a wild goose chase
  • a marketing budget taken too far can become an excuse for not focusing on making a great product

etc etc.

A brain/foot teaser

How smart is your Right Foot?

Try this:

1.  While sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 

2.  While doing this, draw the number ‘6′ in the air with your right hand.  Your foot will change direction!

Odd eh? But not really surprising, since the brain is pre-programmed against doing it.

Give me a reason

… one reason why Cory Jane should not get an All Black trial this year.

LOTR voice over

This is classic!

What position would he play?

Sonny Bill Williams might be an All Black one day.

Which position should he play?

I’m saying Number 8.

Annoying to carry, and noisy

I’ve been getting increasingly impatient with my mobile phone. I’m sick of having it in my pocket. It’s become a must-carry and i’m sick of it. Bob Jones asks here about their actual worth in a business setting.

From a safety perspective, yesterday driving home from work, I saw a kid sailing along in the right-hand lane listening to his ipod via headphone, with his mobile in his hand texting. I thought that was dangerous and tooted so he awoke from his technological trance. I didn’t go as far as this guy.

It’s funny how loud cellphone use has become almost acceptable. Let’s start a revolution, where if someone nearby in public is yelling into a phone, tap them on the shoulder and give them a silent index finger to mouth ‘Sshhhhh’.

Here’s an interesting thread on the Bob Jones cellphone incident from Kiwiblog.