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Hugh Macleod is well known in social media circles.

His book Ignore Everybody is a must read for anyone who works as a creative.

He is I feel a kindred spirit. But don't take my word for it - read this and you too will want to lay claim to being a crazy deranged fool:

"A CrazyDerangedFool [CDF for short] is, like me, somebody who has the temerity to aspire to work in a way that produces both joy, meaning and contribution for both them and others, while also paying the bills. It's about creativity, it's about finding meaning, but it's also about living in the real world."

Anything but soft

August 14th is the 33rd birthday of maverick record label Stiff Records.

As I kid I collected pretty much everything Stiff produced. Not just music but their ads and slogans too.

Thinking about it now as a guy sliding into middle age I can't help but noticing how much of an influence Stiff and there modus operandi has had on my career.

Just take a look at these great Stiff slogans and marvel at how good many of them still are after all these years.


But wait...there's more!

Keep looking

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Future thinking

Clicked on a link on Twitter that took me to the Manifesto of Futurism.

It was written 100 years ago. Yet many of its points are as inspirational today as they were a century ago.

Here's two of my faves:

* We intend to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and fearlessness.

* Courage, audacity, and revolt will be essential elements of our poetry.

Definitely words to live by. Don't you think?