Simon Huggins

Which are you?
Via devnews podcast, came across article which is geared to software developers, but applicable to anyone.

Me? Good starter, pretty good implementor, but don’t know when to stop sometimes!

Here's a link to the story

I can remember the idea of ‘Intention’ as a real force in the Universe being of interest to me when I was reading Carlos Castaneda back in my teens, and I’ve seen a few more references to this concept re-appearing recently - maybe because Buddhist philosophy has had a bit of a resurgence, with the popularity of mindfulness.

So I did a quick google on ‘intention as a force’ and found this gem of a speech (by the look if it relating to a swim team) buried in a site - now this is what search engines are for!

Source: London Evening Standard, 5th July 2010, pp30-31 'Why Morning People Rule The World'

This article explores morning types vs evening types.
Based on research done by Christopher Randler, biology professor at the University of Eduction in Heidelberg. Published in Harvard Business Review.

Summary: [based on your 'chronotype']

I was thinking on how you would effectively model activities that may occur in the real world in order to create a game where you can play god and, without actually doing anything obviously god-like, affect the way the world works in various ways in order to create a ‘ripple effect’ - e.g. genetically changing a virus just ever-so-slightly, sending a cosmic ray to just the wrong place to give someone a tumour, changing the direction of tectonic plates in a way so as to cause a major earthquake etc.

Well, last day at Apple, handing back all my equipment etc.
It’s always kind of strange leaving a company behind that you’ve built up a repository of knowledge about, even with relatively short contracts. 12 months is plenty of time to get kind of used to a place.
Any lasting contribution that I can feel ‘That is going to get used an make a difference?’
I guess the biggest one has to be the Account Planning project.

Went to see wicked at the weekend with Chloe. She really loved it. Unfortunately, put me in a room with the lights turned down and a bit stuffy, and roll out the ballads, and the old eyelids start going. Oops.

Well went to see this at the Islington Vue. And to be honest it was somewhat disappointing.
Not sure why - just seemed really slow-going. Long tracts of teenage swooneyness interjected with brief moments of plot / adventure. It’s also quite some way from capturing the foreboding of the book. Ah well. I’d say it was ’cause I’m a bloke. But as Pat & Becca felt similarly, maybe not. Chloe enjoyed it though - so maybe aimed more at the 9-12yr old market. And no idea why it’s a 12a. Well, it’s an early-evening out.

– Simon blogging from iPhone

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