It refers to what I believe is the most amazing toy, tool and domain available to each and every one of us... our mind.
Imagination, creativity, invention - all these are, in our minds, unbounded.
Inside our heads we have the means to create worlds, to construct alternate realities, to contemplate the best and worst, the known and unknown, the possible and the impossible! Of course we cannot live solely inside our heads and the world outside introduces limits - practical, social, personal - and, hopefully, a sense of responsibility. Within these limits, though, there remain countless opportunities or challenges (glass half full, or empty?) and, if you keep an open mind, the very constraints of a situation can lead to ingenious, elegant or unexpected solutions.
I like finding out, talking about and doing this sort of stuff, so this particular 'infinite ideas machine' is intended as a playground, a workshop and an exploration - and, if I'm lucky, the vehicle for a conversation or two along the way :)
So what's this all about? I must confess that at this stage I really don't know - it could just be a place to practice putting words on the screen and, over time, discovering the threads and common themes to my own rants and musings.
If some of the more sober assessments that I have read are true then this blog will be lucky to reach an audience in double figures (if that!) so I hope whoever's reading can forgive my somewhat self-conscious style. Its been a while since I shared my notebooks with anyone: most recently was probably the journal we were asked to keep throughout teacher training, and that was in 1991.
Professionally, of course, the internet and web are fundamental to what I do and have been since 1995 or so. I remember when these things used to be called 'homepages' and the only way to write HTML was in Notepad or BBEdit - how the world can change in a decade! N.B. for work-related stuff please drop by either Einstein's Attic or virtualised.net and send me a mail.