The Blog of Chris Stott

Musings at the intersection of digital business, creativity & change making.

Month: January, 2009

Blogging Inspirations

(There are a lot of links to great further reading in this post, so please set aside some time to have a look through them.) A great blog, and therefore one I am likely to subscribe to is one that I can get lost in for a while. It will in someway connect with me [...]

5 Reasons to Say Yes More

There other night I saw the new film Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. This is based on a book by the writer Danny Wallace, although the film follows a different story to the book. The basic premise of the plot is that the main character leads a boring life. Since the breakdown of his marriage [...]

(My First) Video Update

I’ve decided to give doing a video post a whirl as i’ve never used iMovie on my Mac before (it is very easy to use it turns out), and I thought it would be fun to inject some other forms of media in to my blog. Also I am going to apply for this job [...]

And the winner is…

Thanks to all those who entered my competition to win the Muji-Chrononotebook. The entry closing date was Saturday 10th January 2009 at 12pm GMT. Here’s how the winner was selected. 1. I had 11 entries in the end (which was strange because when I announced the competition a lot more people were interested) I entered [...]

Diminishing Returns in Productivity

I work in IT and spend a lot of my time on the Internet. I love gadgets. I love new technology. The question is, does all this technology help us or is it really holding us back? Spending a lot of time messing about with technology and not really achieving anything – sound familiar? I [...]

COMPETITION ENTRY

Sorry for doing a separate post about this but the plugin didn’t work on my previous post. If you are a subscriber via RSS or Email you will see a password at the bottom of this post (I hope!). For a chance to win the Muji Chrononotebook all you need to do is leave a [...]

Letting Things Go

“Once you realize that you can turn off the noise without the world ending, you’re liberated in a way that few people ever know.” Timothy Ferriss I was spending some time the other night catching up on some internet reading using the excellent Instapaper iPhone Application (you don’t need an iPhone to use Instapaper, I [...]

Join my list for occasional updates: