I read a lot and, like most people, would like to read more in less time (here I’m not talking about reading for pleasure). Over the years I’ve done extensive research and practice into different reading methods and ways to improve reading speed and retention. Here’s an overview of what I have discovered (obviously from […]

Some of us who have or have had piano (or any other classical instrument) lessons will remember the days when our teacher (usually old and bad-breathed), used to scrounge around in an old wooden drawer for a particular manuscript or piece of classical music. When they eventually found the piece they were (or weren’t) looking […]

Saatchi Online is Charles Saatchi’s latest innovation and extension of his online galleries, taking the Long Tail theory into the world of art. The Long Tail theory basically suggests that physical constraints such as shelf-space limit markets and that the Internet de-limits markets (or allows for unlimited ’shelf-space’), thus extending markets down the ‘Long Tail’ […]

John Cage, the 20th century American composer and mushroom collector, once said that ‘I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry’. Well, transposed to postmodern times, this phrase could read ‘I have nothing to write and I’m blogging it’. I hope that this is not the case with this […]