We are the explorers

Creative people are usually deep thinkers, obsessively pursuing thorough lines of inquiry. Most of us shaping the web are no exception, each eager to learn, analyze, and share as we swim against an endless tide of information and opinion. To succeed we must understand our strengths, and develop an integrity by which we find our focus and measure our contribution. It’s not so much about a destination as it is about just doing. Join Simon as he takes stock of where we’re headed – both as an industry and as individuals – with stories designed to inspire and make us more optimistic about our roles in building the web.

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1. WE ARE THE EXPLORERS @colly
2. W H O DO I T H I NK I A M?
4. The Chamberlains - badger baiters
5. John Collyson, born 1450
6. William Collison, 1750 John Collison, 1778 William Henry George Robert Samuel Ambrose
7. Francis Collison 1860 Luke Albert Clive Samuel
8. Nottingham, 1850
9. Collison Street
10. Samuel Collison 1886 Harry Arthur Eric Jack Dennis Stanley
11. David Collison, 1942 Stanley Collison 1913
14. THE DESTINATION 1
15. What do you think you’ll be doing in five years? Interview question
16. What will the web look like in two years? Presentation topic
18. THE DOING 2
19. ARE YOU IN YOUR WORK?
20. It took me until my 40s to realize: There’s no destination. There’s no ge ing anywhere. There’s just the going. Pa on Oswalt
21. The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our goals—not for the person we’re going to be when we reach them—we set our goals for the person we are when we set them. Dan Gilbert
22. Not necessarily slowing down, but rather just opting out of speed. Frank Chimero
23. SERENDIPITY
24. STRENGTHS & VALUES 3
25. To progress and to create work of substance or even greatness, we each must start by knowing our values, our strengths, and the level of expertise we seek Strengths and values
26. I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. Thomas Edison
27. OUR STRENGTHS FIND US
28. designer developer strategist writer educator manager web designer 100%
29. designer developer strategist writer educator manager web designer 100%
30. OUR LEARNING 4
31. I’m self-actualised, without the stamp of approval from any guild, curriculum authority, or academic institution. I’m web taught. Colleague taught. Empirically taught. Jon Tan
32. The sad, beautiful fact that we’re all going to miss almost everything Linda Holmes
33. ORBITAL LEARNING
34. FOCUS
35. OUR CRAFT 5
37. THE HAND
38. Cra smanship is a basic human impulse: the desire to do a job well for its own sake Richard Senne
39. THE WORKSHOP
40. Discovery through doing: honing skills over a significant period of time, with substantial commitment. Our cra
41. OUR TOOLS 6
42. Tools are the scaffold for what we produce, the enablers. They help us bring our ideas to fruition. Our tools
44. THE MOBILE WORKSHOP
45. The tool doesn’t make the cra sman. Choosing the right tool for the right purpose is a technical and personal choice. Oliver Reichenstein
46. CREATIVE INQUIRY 7
47. Inquiring beyond the “necessary” to explore other areas, look at things differently, and bring these findings back into our work. Creative inquiry
48. A puzzle is be er than an answer Milton Glaser
49. DRONE
51. THE COMPLETE DESIGNER 8
53. Find problems and design responses. Not answers, not solutions. Responses. The complete designer
55. We are the builders. We are the makers. We are the users. We are the explorers. The complete designer
56. THANK YOU, BUILD @colly