I’m travelling to Abu Dhabi tomorrow for 9 days with work. We’re flying with Emirates, who thankfully go direct from Glasgow, and staying in the awe-inspiring Emirates Palace hotel.
Emirates Palace Hotel Lobby. Photo by chrishanz.
While I can’t go into detail about what I’ll be doing, at least not yet, this represents the culmination of several months work for both myself and Marque. Everything should go smoothly, but fingers crossed.
A short video about how it’s possible to feel isolated even in a crowded city. I’m pleased with how this turned out, there’s a seriously ominous feel to it. Thanks to Colin for his filming and editing skills.
The music is Distant Light, Part I: Chromatic Clouds Surround by Slow Six.
I’ve accomplished more in the past two days than I have the last few weeks combined. Thanks to using up my holiday allowance before the year end, I found myself with two spare days and managed to clear a backlog of miscellaneous stuff that’s needed doing for ages.
You see, I’ve had a re-introduction to the awesome power of the To-do List.
Using nothing more than a tiny Muji notepad, pen and a little forward planning I wrote a list of the things I wanted to get done each day. The motivational power of having a plan (Heath Ledger’s Joker would love that) is incredible, with the feeling of accomplishment as you cross things out encouraging you to do more.
Amusingly, the use of to-do lists is one of the core concepts in David Allen’s Getting Things Done, which has sat unread on my desk for at least a year… a victim of my time management on things I decide are non-essential.
Thanks to the success I’ve had with the simple paper and pen lists, I’m going to apply the same approach at work. I’ll follow up in the comments and let you know how it goes – fingers crossed!
In collaboration with Mister, I’m happy to announce the launch of things we have found, a place for us to share our reactions and insights to living in Glasgow via photography.
While it’s just the two of us getting things rolling, we hope to grow the site by adding fellow contributors from around the world to create a collective visual journal of the interesting and bizarre.
Gavin posted a link on Twitter earlier to Face Your Manga, which lets you easily create Manga-style avatars. Funky.
Here’s Sarah’s attempts at the two of us. Amazing how she captured both the scruffiness and surliness!
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