Think Love.

Every Wednesday I share five things I liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s five things…

1. I'm a big fan of The Oatmeal Comics and this one, How To Be Perfectly Unhappy, is my new favourite. I really like this one too.
    
2. I've been following Jessica Walsh of design firm Sagmeister & Walsh on Instagram for quite a while ago but recently discovered her #creativestyleandvoice and #jessicasamamondays posts. If you consider yourself to be a 'creative type' (or want to be!) they are worth checking out.
    
3. I'd been on the hunt for a decent water bottle that didn't leak everywhere for quite a while (though not very hard!) and last week stumbled across GiveMeTap. For every bottle that is purchased, 20% goes towards building water pumps in Africa. It's a pretty cool idea and is hopefully making a real difference. You can learn more about their projects here or grab yourself a bottle (with a little discount) here.
    
4. I've listened to this song by Du Blonde probably close to 20 times in the last two days. The first minute doesn't do much for me but the last minute is so great. Samuel T. Herring's vocals make the song for me. Pretty epic. (You can now make that close to 25 times).
    
5. Derek Sivers hits the nail on the head again. — Why are you doing?

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The Busker

Every Wednesday I share five things I liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s five things…

1. I agree with pretty much everything in this article. ‘Streaming exclusives’ are really not good for fans and surely not a good long term strategy if they end up driving people back to torrenting music. 
    
2. I love this Hugh Laurie quote. 
   
   “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.”
    
3. Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’ was one of my favourite pop songs (I use that term loosely!) from last year. I’d completely forgotten about this music video featuring the dancer Sergei Polunin. He’s an incredible dancer and a fascinating guy. 
    
4. I really enjoyed this conversation on the Invention Of Photography from Radio 4’s In Our Time. It’s not something I’d spent much time thinking about but a really interesting topic. This History Of Photography In 40 Photos is pretty cool too.
    
5. I’m nearly always focused on learning something new (more on my current learning projects here). I’m currently working my way through CreativeLive’s excellent Fundamentals of Digital Photography course. If you are into photography (like me) I highly recommend it. Every CreativeLive course I have done has been well worth the money, it’s a brilliant resource.

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Night Lights

Every Wednesday I share five things I’ve liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s five things…

1. An interactive timeline of popular songs from 1958-2016. Pretty cool!
    
2. I love ambient music (Brian Eno, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Stars Of The Lid) and what do you get when you slow down Windows start-up sounds 4000%? Something that sounds remarkably like ambient music!
    
3. It’s so easy to be critical or mean.. I’m sure Wendy MacNaughton’s list will come in handy!
    
4. A great post by Chris Dixon on the future of technology. Start now — “There has never been a better day in the whole history of the world to invent something. There has never been a better time with more opportunities, more openings, lower barriers, higher benefit/ risk ratios, better returns, greater upside than now. Right now, this minute. This is the moment that folks in the future will look back at and say, ‘Oh, to have been alive and well back then!’”
    
5. A deeply moving episode of Radiolab. Well worth listening to and reflecting on — “When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you?”

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It's blue

Every Wednesday I share five things I liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s five things…

1. Alex Honnold is a free solo climber (no ropes) and a completely fascinating guy. This is a great article on him and how he processes (or doesn’t? process) fear.
    
2. I haven’t done as much reading as I would have liked in the last few weeks. Austin Kleon recently shared this on the rights of the reader. Point three is a big one for me.
    
3. I love Malika Favre’s art and I enjoyed reading this interview on her work and process. She’s one of my favourite people to follow on Instagram.
    
4.  If you read one thing today, make it this. — 232 sand dollars by Derek Sivers
    
5. I haven’t been really paying much attention to the Olympics. However, the feats of the gymnasts have caught my eye — They appear to defy gravity! Check out this video on Simone Biles - very cool.

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I've spent the last five days on the road with Coco And The Butterfields, playing Belladrum Festival in Inverness (sharing a line up with Madness, The Darkness, Two Door Cinema Club & Super Furry Animals!) and Sunflower Festival near Belfast (which we headlined on Sunday). 

Was a long and tiring trip but a lot of fun!