I've corresponded with Russ Weakley once or twice before by email, and I don't think I've ever heard from him outside of the hours midnight to three o'clock in the morning. At first I thought there was a glitch with my mail server, but no Russ, who works two design gigs, runs the WSG, and is also very active on the web conference speaker circuit, not ... Read full entry

Chris Campbell discusses Particletree's decision to adopt a, wait for it, four and a half day work week, rather than going with either four or five days. And Fridays, the "half day", make sense when put this way: Fridays are for resting the analytical parts of our brains, discussing business topics, and engaging in the activities that we find are crucial to the overall health of our company ... Read full entry

I think we really only have two seasons here in Sydney. Autumn and summer. And summer, in my book, starts as of 3am tomorrow, Sunday, when the clocks go forward for daylight saving. The heat and humidity have already arrived, so why bother waiting until the December 21 solstice to make it official? Besides, I like summer time, and not just because of that ... Read full entry