Content Fairy – Guy Redwood's Blog

Creating Passionate Users: Why I want a Tablet PC

Really an article about mind mapping – something we should all spend more time doing.

I do a bit of work with a Dutch chap, Menno, that draws mind maps in meetings – he brings a sheet of A4 and a bumper pack of felt tip pens – the sort of huge long pack you used to get at Christmas, when you were young. He uses all sorts of shades to create his maps. I’m not sure what his final maps are like, or if they help him do anything beyond a meeting – but it’s a great device for being remembered – ‘the chap with the big pack of felt tip pens that draws those maps in meetings’. Slightly more approachable than the nice chap we met at a Swiss venture capital company that typed his mind map out furiously on his keyboard as we explained about one of our ventures. We thought he was doing emails or something – but then at the end of the meeting saw this map of our proposition.

moving to the speed of sound
It’s amazing where a piece of spam and glass of good red wine will lead.

From an introduction to a group on tribe.net (a networking community type site thingy) I started looking around, read a few well craft rants about ecademy, then clicked on an advert for a ‘dj kramer’ tribe, looked at his links and found this cute, but empty site.

The things i liked:

There’s lots wrong with this site – but it had me looking for a few minutes. Great photo of a girl holding a drink to the camera.

There’s just so much good stuff yet to be done with the web. If you keep digging, you’ll find so much stuff for inspiration….

Well, coming up with the ideas is… but you’ve still got to grow and love the beast.
Seth’s Blog: What’s the always?

It’s a killer. This one goes in the special toolbox that helps clients shake up their business.

Treat yourself, spend a few mintues each week thinking about this; I bet your subconcious will kick out some amazingly simple business concepts that give you your own bit of purple cow.

great video archive – this is what broadband’s all about
Click on the archive and watch the different clips – if you’re not inspired to do your own roadtrip style movie with your dv camera – then you don’t deserve the air you breath. Scroll through the archive and find the husky movie that so ‘gets’ the spirit of what I do in my spare time – obviously on wheels in the uk – but they just capture it so well.

So Tom… when are we capturing your fine beast of a car on quicktime?

Climb Sepu : Great Videos including Tibetan Twister and tug of war
Superb record of an expedition supported by my favourite outdoor clothing company – Marmot. Work your way through the videos – they’re a mixture of candid interviews, compiled highlights and high altitude wisdom. Check out the video with a game of Twister with the guides on 6 – Heading Home.

Just awesome – great use of the web. All you need is a dv camera and an imac!

Moosejaw Mountaineering
Whilst looking for a new duvet, I came across this rather purple cow-esk retailer. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea – but it’s definitely mine. It reminded me of the mexican restaurant in York that used to have something on the menu about how the team enjoyed what they did, and if you had a problem with that, then maybe you should go elsewhere. They’re reasonably busy most nights – but well worth the effort. Have an opinion, a passion, a style – and just stick with it for success. Just don’t employ the suits – cos they don’t understand.

In fact, someone named Sally said that our good humor and brilliant service changed her entire life.

If you are offended by ridiculous stories and silly comments then we advise you only pay attention to the fact that Moosejaw has the greatest prices and the best product selection in the world.

I wish we had a few more reailers in the uk like this.