It’s a phrase we may have heard, but many of us ignore it. Thought to have been coined by American aircraft engineer Kelly Johnson and widely adopted by the engineering industry, the principle is that most systems work best if they’re kept simple rather than...
Whether implementing a business strategy, getting fit, or saving for a big holiday, we’re full of good intentions. So why do so many of us fail to turn our intentions into action? This article in The Conversation suggests that to help us take action, we need to:...
“To err is human, to forgive divine”, wrote Alexander Pope in 1711. We all err at times in our writing. A typo here. A misspell there. A slide into the passive voice. A run-on sentence containing too many ideas. But this headline is an err too far....
Ever seen TL;DR on an article or in a comment and wondered what it means? I’m generally opposed to acronyms and abbreviations, but this made me laugh when I looked it up. It means too long, didn’t read. It’s what I wanted to say to my dad last week...
