Untitled, a photo by TomC on Flickr.

It was a lovely day in Hyde Park floating on The Serpentine. Enjoy!

“We are building tools that amplify a human ability” – Steve Jobs 1980 (via Kottke.org)

In my opinion Steve Jobs and Apple took the next logical step, building products that amplify a human emotion at the same time amplifying a human ability.  It is the amplification of human emotion which today underpins the Apple brand.  There is great engineering, design, and marketing in other companies, but it is Apple that brings them together with a focus on amplifying human emotion at the sometime amplifying a human ability. Brilliant.

The perosn who doesn’t make mistakes is unlikely to make anything…

Failures and false starts are a precondition of success.

It’s Not How Good You are, Its How Good You Want To Be, Paul Arden

“Dare to be as good as you are. Believe in the potential of yourself and others. Stay open to possibilities. And remember, your past is not your future.”

Every Shot Must Have A Purpose, Pia Nilsson & Lyn Marriott

My Desk Reference Library., a photo by TomC on Flickr.

Here is my reference library. What’s in your reference library?

“you must realize that no amount of planning can anticipate such changes. Does that mean you shouldn’t plan? Not at all. You need to plan the way a fire department plans: It cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an energetic and efficient team that is capable of responding to the unanticipated as well as to any ordinary event.”  Andy Grove Only the Paranoid Survive