I’m not sure why they call him Slowhand. Continue reading →

I opened the book and, on the very first page, was the program that changed my life. Continue reading →

I bought The Golden Treasury of English Verse and a harmonica as my only mementos of civilization when I set off to go backpacking around the world. I’m not entirely sure why though because I couldn’t play the harmonica and … Continue reading →

I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance three times Continue reading →

You can make something out of nothing but the thoughts in your head. Continue reading →

My old reading list… I count five books that are old enough to be in the public domain (and hence free on iBooks). Off to the library with you! I bet this decade (decades start with xxx1 !) has the … Continue reading →

The thing that sucks most about my new iPad is the big pile of unread books by my bedside that I’ll never read now because I have them as free iBooks.

New music, fashion, start-up companies – they come disproportionately from younger people. There is a theory – I first heard it from Paul Graham – that innovation comes from younger people because they haven’t yet learned what they are not … Continue reading →