If there was a book that I wish I had read years ago, it would be this, Defining Decade. So much of it just resonated on so many levels. Having always enjoyed school and getting report cards, it was easy to know how well you were doing at life. So seeing it so blankly put
Category: Ted Talk
Tedx Glasgow
I was lucky enough to attend Tedx Glasgow last Friday and witnessed some incredible talks. The theme of the conference was A Disruptive World. Highlights for me included Anne Ellis talking about Rennie Mackintosh and the destruction that happened a few years ago in Glasgow School of Art with the fire that destroyed much of
Currently Reading | TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
So often books about public speaking leave you bored whilst reading or provide little to no advice or new insights. Certainly not the case with this book. My love for TED Talks is rather well documented, I love spending up to 18 minutes becoming engrossed in a subject and excited to hear what the speaker
Ted Talk Thursday | Teach girls bravery, not perfection
This Ted Talk resonates a lot with me, especially when Reshma starts talking about how girls react to learning code. I frequently even now, 2 years into my career in code, will just delete lines and lines of code that sort of work, but am too embarrassed to show. Coding is a massive love/hate relationship,
Ted Talk Thursday | The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life.
Maths, science and code create Pixar films, no really. To this day my dream job is to be a Disney Imagineer, my go to cheer up films are either Toy Story or Frozen. To the point where if I call my Mum, the ringtone plays is You've got a friend in me. I've also unashamedly