Farewell Steve Jobs
Like many I feel a sense of loss at the passing of Steve Jobs.
I feel some connection with him based on a commitment to a spiritual life and a joy in design. Not sure we would have got on that well if we had ever met – I think he would consider me a bit animated (or arty!) but who can tell.
Anyway two quotes of his which echo for me and which also lie at the heart of RedBubble.
“Almos…
Comic Con
Just done my voting for the best entry to Comic Con. Here
Really great entries folks, just brilliant.
And I will be in NYC for the event. Really looking forward to meeting our NY bubblers.
Take a Break
If your feeling stressed and need 10 minutes, spend them with Tolle. I admit I do find him calming and encouraging.
This is Art
Just every now and again an ad really does become art.
Finding the Stillness
It is too easy to get caught in the drama and forget our essential stillness.
A Simple Prayer
“God make me into the person my dog thinks that I am.”
Care of Ekhart Tolle (who I am very fond of) and I think he is also quoting somebody.
Found here. Well worth a few minutes.
For Joyce
Last week Joyce died of Leukaemia. I had last visited her in the high care facility a few weeks ago. At that stage she was frail but engaged. Her world had become restricted and yet she found in it great kindness.
For her, taxi drivers were just “wonderful people”. For her, the person who served her tea was “simply lovely”. For her, the nurses “just couldn’t do…
I miss RedBubble
Sometimes I spend ages looking at what we do from the point of view of spreadsheets, budgets, staffing issues, investors perspectives, inside airplanes. And it is arid and not very interesting. I just find myself missing RedBubble.
And then I get a few moments just to look around, not trying to do anything (fix anything, judge anything, solve anything) and it comes back to me. Just the wonder of …
Bye Bye Kodachrome
It is with a little sadness that I read the last rolls of Kodachrome are about to be developed. This story is both personal and strangely detached for me.
I never was one of those aspiring Speilbergs who produced motion picture length films in their backyard. I remember once at school we had a movie project – and my team never finished ours.
But … my father was a keen photographer and…
RedBubble and Free Speech
There is always fruitful discussion on RedBubble about artistic freedom/free speech and how that intersects with anti-vilification and anti-racism concerns and the various other constraints on such expression.
My position and that of the Company on this is very clear. We have a clear set of content guidelines. These are not designed as a comprehensive statement of freedom of expression in society…