Category: idea
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Where ideas come from
This short post discusses the inspiration behind my recent children’s books, the 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and the importance of transforming complex concepts into engaging stories for children. I highlight how global issues like climate change and understanding the world can drive creativity.
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London to Newcastle
“The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour.” Unknown
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Readers
“An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart’s blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.” W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965), The Razor’s Edge, 1943
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The rise of the mobile device
‘On average there are now 60 mobile subscriptions for every 100 people in the world. In developing countries, the figure stands at 48 – more than eight times the level of penetration in 2000.’ from The guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/22/africa-mobile-phones-usage-rise Remember the phones, or weapons that also rang, from the 1980’s?