written by Drew | 2010.20 Thu 21 Jan
At some point, you’ll have heard someone dispense the age-old classic sentence solution:
Be yourself.
Basically I’m here to tell you that – in my humble opinion – “be yourself” is both the most empowering and arguably the biggest bunch of bullshit concept that ever existed.
written by Drew | 2010.3 Mon 04 Jan
It’s the end of the Christmas/New Year honeymoon, and I’ve had a massive week off work (not including the weekend). I’m not looking forward to going back to work, but it’s 2.30 AM and I can’t sleep – despite being in bed for the last eight hours! I’ve watched two movies, went on YouTube and Facebook, and did some coding, but it looks like I won’t be sleeping tonight. So I’ve got to rant about something.
Back in the Internet’s infancy, where the mainstream thought it was “sad” to spend anything longer than an hour online, if you were using a chat system or were on a message board/early online community of some kind, you could not get away from people using fake photographs, either to give the impression of being sexy, or simply to get attention. Back then we were still using 35mm (and if you were really shit at taking pictures, APS) cameras, and it was actually rather complicated to have photos digitised, so very few people had pictures of themselves readily available.
These days people demand to see photos of other people, as if it’s absolutely essential to see what someone looks like before talking to them is even possible. Even those who claim they’re not obsessed with looks, or even that “looks don’t matter”, will eventually hound you for a “pic”. (And isn’t it funny how the guy always has to send one first? How did that happen?)
written by Drew | 2009.315 Thu 12 Nov
One of the biggest problems with business that I’ve experienced and observed (in the UK, at least) – and something that came up yet again a while ago – is that most people have confused value for money with paying the least amount possible for a product or service. And, if they can get away with it, they’ll pay nothing at all.
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