"This emphasis on unpredictable, interpreted creativity being performed within formal systems actually suggests interesting parallels to me."

Takemusu football and architecture anyone?

At last: "A blog dedicated to cats that look like Hitler"

Friday: we teased Mr Gooby out to play, along with Dr Hume, Mr Melling, Mr Hopper, and Mr Grimwood. Pub pub pub, a slight stagger to Cafe Nia for a spot of food, then back to Rosehill to decomission the vodka stockpile.

Saturday: I stagger from Rosehill to Evolution Arts for a 5-hour introduction to the Alexander Technique with Juliet Cox. Interesting stuff, though as with all these things I get the impression that an intro like this can't substitute for actually doing a course of classes. Had the same feeling-3-inches-taller sensation that I got the only other time I've done this stuff, on a presentation skills course 6+ years ago.

Wandered home where Mr Melon prepared a curry. Sophie and Jude's old chum Kate came round and we ate in front of Dr Who, then extinguished our mouths. A taxi to the Burt-Samuel Corp. HQ for birthday celebrations (much more sedate than last year, I'm pleased to report) and seeing a few folks I've not caught up with in a while (which seems to be happening all the time these days).

Sunday was fundamentally a Lost Day. I just about made it over to Nige and Nan's for their post-Brighton/London cycle ride BBQ but didn't stay long at all. Drifted off to sleep after Chinese food and Garden State (verdict: nicely done, great soundtrack, but not as fantastic as it's been made out).

Things are about to get busy: next week I'm off to the PIRA Future of Printed Media conference in Stockholm where I'll be talking about digital consumer behaviour, and I'm then hopping off for a short holiday to Denmark with Tim and Kay, to Roskilde Festival...

How do I hire geniuses without sharing my idea?: "Your idea, whatever it is, could very well be revolutionary. It could shift the paradigm, flip the hierarchy, subvert the hegemony. But it's also nothing special.

Because that implies that hey, once the idea's there, the rest is just busywork, right?"

Via Pete, 17 Articles and Some Notes on Sleep and Napping: "In order to get up to speed with some of the finer yet important details on sleep and napping, I did a little online research. The idea is that in order to get the most from life, training and recovery, a person needs to be well rested. My objective is to find a sleep strategy that allows me to get the most "bang for my buck" in terms of hours spent sleeping."

Very interesting. I've started getting up a bit earlier over the last few months in an attempt to fit more things into the day (like running regularly) and squeeze more out of the average day. Hmm - where at FP towers can I find a suitable location for a lunchtime nap, I wonder...