When I was writing my first book Screw Work Let’s Play, I knew I loved writing it, I knew it felt like play, I knew I was doing the best job I could on it, and I knew I was writing about ideas that I thought were worth spreading. But I really didn’t know if [...]
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Postcard from Bali
Posted by John on June 15th, 2011
This is a copy of my email newsletter sent at the end of a month living and working in Bali. The wonderful thing about creating your own business today is that you can design it to be portable. All you need is a laptop computer, a mobile phone, and a WiFi connection, and you can [...]
Mythbusting: “I’ll get lonely working for myself”
Posted by Marianne on August 23rd, 2010
This is a guest post from Marianne Cantwell of Free Range Humans who is collaborating with me on some very exciting projects around Screw Work Let’s Play to be revealed soon. Why working for yourself doesn’t mean working by yourself You’re a people person. You don’t want to be holed up at home everyday, with [...]
Pat Kane on The Play Ethic
Posted by John on March 12th, 2010
Pat Kane is one half of Scottish pop duo Hue and Cry. Famous for hits in the late 80s and early 90s like Labour of Love, the brothers are still making music today and released Open Soul in 2009. Aside from music, Pat is also a writer, consultant, play theorist, and activist. He is author of The Play Ethic: A [...]
Steve Jobs’ Stanford University commencement address
Posted by John on March 5th, 2010
Pretty much the entire philosophy of “Screw Work, Let’s Play” is contained in this stunning 15 minute speech by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. I can’t recommend this highly enough. It’s a story about connecting the seemingly random dots of your life, how following your instincts can make you a billionaire, and why death is so [...]
