Author Archives: Jacqueline Ashby

Storytelling and political victory. In the end, the good stories win.

How to Win an Election from The New York Times – Video on Vimeo.

Jason Fried hit the nail on the head. We need to nurture environments that allow for creative and meaningful work to get done. His 3 recommendations:

1. No talk Thursdays!
2. Go passive in your form of communication!
3. Cancel the next meeting!

Try it…

To tall buildings and those that design them…Never scrape your muse.

More on brutalist architecture.
Image credit: 702 ABC Sydney: Amanda Hoh

Well they can try to sink us, but I’ll just swim
Because my will is stronger than a gale force wind

Look out, look out, cause each time I fall
I’ll be crashing down, right through your door.

~Skylar Grey

Bakers and Makers! Here are the ingredients for your creative cookies:

1. Documentation
2. Motivation
3. Environment
4. Communication
5. Constraints
6. Mixture of Illumination & Meticulous Systematic Work
7. Mixture Luck & Tenacity

Have a fantastic weekend! j.

We live in such a beautiful country stocked with beautiful, crazy people. I need to head up to Whistler next weekend!
Seeking Nirvana Pt. 1: Home from Seeking Nirvana on Vimeo.

Just returned from the amazing Tofino! Experiencing surf & sand withdrawal already! Had an itch to click on the cam for North Chesterman’s and this image popped up. So perfect and dreamy.

“Once you have a rigid way of thinking in your head, sometimes you can’t change that even if you want to.” Oh this is good! Very good!

Numberphile rocks!! This is what math was made for! So, to break it down, if there are 3 toilets to select from, you have a 50% chance of selecting the most hygienic. If there are 4 toilets, your percentage drops to 46%. However, when N increases (meaning the number of toilets to select from increases), the likelihood that you’ll pick the cleanest one drops significantly to the point where it really doesn’t matter! Ha! Good luck! For the extended explanation, click here!

Wow! The Present is visual poetry. So much said without saying much. The Present from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.