Humans are self-training machines, and in the context of the internet, we’ve trained ourselves to ignore the intrusive adverts which increasingly clutter our screens. If something looks vaguely like an advert, we don’t even make eye contact with it — a behaviour known as ‘banner blindness’. In the context

There's no doubt that an approaching deadline can make a person more focused and decisive on a given task – there's fundamentally less time play with different options and the pressure forces the task up the person's stack of priorities, leaving less room for other

There's no shortage of ways to find alcoholic social spaces, but where are the sober-friendly spaces? 🤷‍♂️ Non-alcoholic drinks are the fastest growing segment in the beverage industry... but where to find them? 🔍 There's an ever growing number of zero-alcohol bars, spaces and events appearing in major

What if a goal could become a game of itself? 👾 Does being united with a group of others with the same goal make you more likely to achieve it? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What I'm going to try here is an experimental mechanism to bootstrap an energised community... In order to kickstart

Cutting back on alcohol or given it up? ❌🍷 I’ve become more of a productivity nut over time, and am increasingly mindful of the things that work and really don’t work for me.  One of the things I’ve become increasingly reluctant on is drinking alcohol, because of its

What is startup #4? This startup tackles a problem I often found living in a large city like London. When meeting friends or a business contact, one of the substantial tasks is actually choosing where to go... not just the place but also where in the city. This is where

Ever wished that who you could discover the most relevant people at a coworking space? 🔍 Done with leaving meeting people to random chance? 🎲 One of the main reasons coworking exists is to facilitate useful connection between people – each person sat in a coworking space is surrounded by dozens or more

Working solo can be challenging. For one thing, there's solo productivity and time management: When working on a project in-between existing commitments, it can be easy for things to drift and not get done as fast (or as efficiently) as they could otherwise. Why? Because they are battling

After a screeching landing on the tropical tarmac in Bali, I shuffled through the airport – and as I wanted to hit the ground running, I bought an Indonesian SIM card straight away. For the first few days, this was great – connection all over Bali is strong and surprisingly fast (you

Conversation. The key to human-to-human interactions; a spectrum ranging from cavemen around a camp-fire, to lengthy political debates, through to awkward small talk with your dentist.

At 5am on a cold, misty morning, my plane tumbled to a stop in a strange land where I didn’t speak a word of the language. I was about to embark on one of the best (and most bizarre) adventures I’d had so far — working as a designer