May 2012
1 post
Teaching Programmers
One of the things I love about LivingSocial is one of their core company values - “Make Strong Moves”. When LS decided to try and see if they could train programmers rather than hire them, they didn’t just set up a few training courses, they started Hungry Academy with Jumpstart Lab.
The folks at Hungry Academy come from a variety of backgrounds, some technical, some not, and since the start of...
March 2012
2 posts
Email to Parent Council from me, the Chair.
Folks, ** Chair Hat On ** I don’t know where this is all going, but I fear a storm is brewing. I’ll do my best to represent the majority parent opinion, but I feel it’s only fair to nail my colours to mast on this issue as an individual. ** Chair Hat Off ** I am always deeply suspicious of percentages and league tables[1]. They seem to me to be a poor way to judge the success...
Transcript of "Two Revolutions" (given at...
Hi, some of you may be surprised to find a talk purporting to be about XP here at Rails Conf, but I’m hoping you’ll see that its worth looking at, and it might provide some context for whats going in in the Rails community today.
I’m a little nervous, and that might make me talk fast. If that happens, someone please, feel free to ask me to slow down. I’m aware that you...
“I consider myself to be JustaProgrammer. I am certainly very conversant and even...”
– Wiki: Justa Programmer
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“That’s right, my software development methodology will be: programming,...”
– Oppugn.us: Where The Rants Go
“Here’s what I hope: Lots of families will see this. They won’t have...”
– Rango :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
January 2011
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Watch@kristinhersh in Waterstones, Glasgow
December 2010
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August 2010
2 posts
WatchDavid Bowie and Nine Inch Nails in 1995
WatchDavid Bowie and Nine Inch Nails in 1995
July 2010
3 posts
“No caveats now: Windows Phone 7 is a waste of time and money. It’s a...”
– Windows Phone 7: Don’t bother with this disaster
“We had a lot of fans when Warner were paying for radio play, and people would...”
– Muse in a material world - The Irish Times - Fri, Jul 16, 2010
“I don’t think you can devalue real music, but it was only a matter of time...”
– Muse in a material world - The Irish Times - Fri, Jul 16, 2010
June 2010
1 post
“And so continues one of the biggest constants in software development: the...”
– http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/copland-2010-revisited.ars/2
May 2010
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February 2010
2 posts
WatchTED: Gordon Brown
WatchTED: David Cameron
January 2010
1 post
“The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather...”
– Alex Payne — On the iPad
December 2009
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November 2009
1 post
Wow. It's been ages.
I really should write something, or something.
June 2009
3 posts
Help me organize my music.
nostrich:
cleversimon:
I have 45 GB of music in my iTunes library. You may consider that massive or miniscule, but you have to agree it poses a bit of an organizational problem.
I don’t really use the Genre tag; maybe the solution lies there. Maybe I should spend a weekend constructing playlists (but what kind of playlists?). Or maybe you have a better idea.
How do you keep your music...
April 2009
9 posts
Amanda Palmer →
“Yet when asked by the authors if Mr Cameron wrote a memo or had to report back...”
– Cameron’s freebie to apartheid South Africa - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
“One of the fantastic things about Twitter clients is how easy it is for users to...”
– An interview with Tweetie creator Loren Brichter | Software | Macworld
“On April 4, 2009 (a Saturday), we all post “I Love You” in our...”
– I LOVE YOU
“You can also Google “Hotels in the Boondocks (or whatever city) area. Then...”
– FabulousLorraine.com : Booking Hotels
March 2009
12 posts
“i have my new bill hicks cd
i have my friends and my career
i’m getting...”
– Another Year | Amanda Palmer | Listen at Bandcamp
February 2009
42 posts
