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I'm completely lost without my pocket-sized notebook... Ideas for things to write & things to do strike at all sort of strange times & locations, and unless I write them down, I face two unappealing options:
1) an inability to think about anything else until the idea is captured
2) the loss of that idea

Yeah - even in the gym, I've got some sort of paper & writing instrument nearby...

Posted by Dan Ward at June 27, 2006 12:25 PM

Ditto. I must also tuck a small camera on my person, or I know I'll miss that shot that captures a 1000 words.

Posted by Lisa Stewart at June 27, 2006 2:35 PM

I have a small pad - I bring it with me to the gym. Once when I was incredibly inspired I nearly killed myself trying to write (it's hard to keep up your pace on the elliptical and hold a pad and pen). Then I discoverd I can record memos on my cell phone - it's much safer. I can also call my home phone and leave a message - then with VOIP I download it to my PC and can save it and listen to it as much as I need to. God I love this century!!!!!

Posted by ann michael at June 27, 2006 3:00 PM

Two thoughts.
1. That is Cornwall in the photo (I bet) - a place to forget yourself and find yourself (without a note pad). I use the place as my reset button.
2. Agree its useful but what do you do with the notes, I find it very theraputic to wirte stuff down it orders my mind, but I don't (very) often refer to them (is this really a desire for Google Desktop search for the mind?)

Posted by Dave Hills at June 27, 2006 3:43 PM

Ann, yes, I'm a member in good standing of the Near-death Experiences Club.

Dave, the case in point was in Hyde Park, not Cornwall. I mostly agree, but when no paper and pen it's even worse--spending fulltime on memory games so I'll remember when I finish the walk. Catch XXII.

Posted by tom peters at June 27, 2006 11:36 PM

There can be nothing better in this whole wide world than sharing one's observations / thoughts / ideas / views / opinions / feelings UNCONDITIONALLY

Posted by K.Sriram at June 27, 2006 11:55 PM

'The Who' are still wonderful but 'The Eagles' are unbeatable - I was lucky enough to see them on their Farwell 1 Tour in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago - Magical! Awesome! Majestic! ...errr ... errr .... must search on Google desktop for more adjectives! :-)

Posted by Trevor Gay at June 28, 2006 10:33 AM

Picnicked in Hyde Park near Edinburgh Gate Sunday. Didn't notice any mess, other than a few horse apples on the path from the Guards Regiment down the street. Sure were a lot of people in the park, though.

Friends told us Sunday would be a good day to see London because everyone would be watching the football match in the afternoon so no one would be out and about. Well, all the English were watching football, but the streets and tubes were filled with foreigners (like us).

Posted by Mike at June 28, 2006 12:16 PM

If you think Hyde Park is a mess before The Who....!!!!

Posted by MarkJF at June 29, 2006 4:15 PM

Tom, enjoyed the post. I never leave my office without my PNDA (Personal Non-digital Assistant). Several years ago, I learned from a senior exec the power of writing things down. Why stuff the head when you can stuff the pockets?

Posted by Steve Dragoo at June 30, 2006 8:42 AM

Awesome!!! .... Yet more 'cutting edge' thinking from Tom for the new century - WRITE THINGS DOWN!! - Wonderful - I can't wait for the next amazing idea .... as I keep saying 'simplicity is the key' :-)

Posted by Trevor Gay at June 30, 2006 8:57 AM

Trevor, I'd agree the Eagles were top-shelf — memorable songs, strong vocals (especialy Don Henley), outstanding guitar work (Joe Walsh). But the Who, at least when drummer Keith Moon was alive, was one of a kind: the most exuberant, explosive live show in pop music history. And the most creatively disruptive. “Auto destruction” at the end of every performance was one of their many inventions. (“Tommy,” their rock opera, was another.) The Who would gleefully destroy everything on stage even during SOUNDCHECKS! But they had musical genius to go with it, unlike many heavy metal imitators.

Posted by John O'Leary at July 2, 2006 9:47 PM

Thanks for that John – excellent comments.

I agree the Don Henley comment - The Last Resort has to be Henley at his best and is my favourite Eagles track. I just love the range of Henley’s voice.

Your mention of Keith Moon reminded me how I laughed listening to a recent BBC radio interview with Eagles colleagues Glen Frey and Joe Walsh.

It went something like this;

Glen: Joe is a graduate trained in the Keith Moon School of hotel room wrecking viagra pharmacy online

Joe: No hotel room that didn’t have it coming to it was ever trashed

Glen: Message for Hotel owners - you need to make sure your hotel rooms behave

Joe: And never, ever give me your room number

That is classic Walsh!

Joe Walsh was on brilliant form in Birmingham – he had a web camera on the front of his bright yellow building site safety helmet. He went into the audience so that the audience was projected on the 8 massive screens. Walsh is an incredible character and, as you say, a marvelous guitarist.

The Eagles versus The Who? – Both great but very different!

Posted by Trevor Gay at July 3, 2006 2:26 AM