Food for thought...

There are more half written novels in the world than what there are written novels...

What does this tell us?

Ideas are everywhere, but the world belongs to those who make their ideas reality!

Stay Calm...

With exams fast approaching I can't help but feel a bit stressed!

Here's some advice for anyone who is feeling some tension:

Stay hungry, stay foolish...

Today is a very sad day...

President Obama: "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators"
Dianna Agron: "We never met, yet I stand beside members of this giant playground that you discovered for us. We use it every day, never tiring of the sand." 
Ashton Kutcher: "We have all surfed on the wake of Steve Jobs ship. Now we must learn to sail, but we will never forget our skipper."
New York Mayor Bloomberg: "America lost a genius who will be remembered with Edison and Einstein"
Fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: "It's like there's a big hole left in you... He made a lot of people happy"
Mark Zuckerberg: "Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend"
Google's Larry Page: "He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance" 
Google's Eric Schmidt: "Steve was so charismatically brilliant that he inspired people to do the impossible"
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang: "Steve was my hero growing up"

Steve Jobs: "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

Awaiting Delivery

I'm very excited because I have just ordered 6 books from my reading list!
As you can see, I've taken a bit of a break from the reading list and have decided not to limit myself to just reading the books on the list. It seems that as soon as I have to do something I don't want to do it anymore! Hence the change in my approach...

I'm so elated at the thought of  receiving my parcel of books in the post! It's a pity I won't be receiving them by bicycle as pictured above (and in that quantity!)... 

Fonts, fonts everywhere!

I'm currently reading "Just My Type" by Simon Garfield and am enjoying discovering the history behind those fonts that have become such a big (and unnoticed) part of our day to day lives! We've become so accustomed to seeing various distinctive fonts throughout each day, that we've stopped noticing them. It has been interesting to learn the important role that fonts play in terms of structuring transport systems and enabling learning. I look forward to reading the rest of this book!

Some interesting font facts from the book:

Steve Jobs played a crucial role in introducing fonts to the computer. Although many fonts had already been created, he first introduced the idea of being able to change fonts on a computer. His most distinctive font, in my mind, is called Chicago. It conjures fond memories of the first iPod that I owned in 2003.


The child-like Comic Sans font was at one point such a widely used font, that it was often used inappropriately, sometimes appearing on online porn sites! It even initiated a hate campaign, led by husband and wife Holly and David Combs.

Gills Sans, the creator of well known Gill Sans (surprise!), was quite a creepy bugger! He was notorious for his scandalous and incessant sexual exploits with various family members (and pets). Interestingly enough, his font can now be found on the covers of all the Penguin Classics books and as the official font of the BBC as well as the church of England.

When IKEA changed their in-store font from Futura to Verdana in 2009 it sparked public outrage, with some complaints revolving around the disappointing change in the roundness of the O's which no longer mimicked IKEA's famous meatballs.