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TED: Gordon Brown

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:48:16 +0000

TED: Gordon Brown

TED: David Cameron

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:47:35 +0000

TED: David Cameron

"The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather than a real computer..."

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:25:12 +0000

“The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather than a real computer as a kid, I’d never be a programmer today. I’d never have had the ability to run whatever stupid, potentially harmful, hugely educational programs I could download or write. I wouldn’t have been able to fire up ResEdit and edit out the Mac startup sound so I could tinker on the computer at all hours without waking my parents. The iPad may be a boon to traditional eduction, insofar as it allows for multimedia textbooks and such, but in its current form, it’s a detriment to the sort of hacker culture that has propelled the digital economy.”

- Alex Payne — On the iPad

Video

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:32:05 +0000

Wow. It's been ages.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:48 +0000

I really should write something, or something.

Help me organize my music.

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:01:40 +0100

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 library organized?

My advice regarding library organization is always unpopular and always ignored, but hear me out here: delete most of your music.

From Love and Rockets (via alancfrancis)

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:39:20 +0100

From Love and Rockets (via alancfrancis)

Chewing is over-rated.

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:26:24 +0100

Chewing is over-rated.

Amanda Palmer

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:17:27 +0100

Amanda Palmer

"Yet when asked by the authors if Mr Cameron wrote a memo or had to report back to the office about..."

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:04:33 +0100

“Yet when asked by the authors if Mr Cameron wrote a memo or had to report back to the office about his trip, Alistair Cooke – in 1989 his boss at Central Office – said it was “simply a jolly”, adding: “It was all terribly relaxed, just a little treat, a perk of the job. The Botha regime was attempting to make itself look less horrible, but I don’t regard it as having been of the faintest political consequence.””

- Cameron’s freebie to apartheid South Africa - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

I’ve had to mark all the Isaac and Hope pics as private...

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:23:17 +0100

I’ve had to mark all the Isaac and Hope pics as private after some dodgy activity.

If you have a flickr account that has some actual pictures of your own, and you don’t have 200 favourites of kids in the bath, I’ll more than likely add you (if you are keen to see cool pics of my kids :)

"One of the fantastic things about Twitter clients is how easy it is for users to jump from one to..."

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:24:48 +0100

“One of the fantastic things about Twitter clients is how easy it is for users to jump from one to another. Just type in a username and password and off you go. It’s possible for anyone to write a Twitter client nowadays and have the opportunity to completely blow everyone else out of the water. It’s very exciting. Very democratic. And it certainly seems like everyone and their mother is trying to do just that.”

- An interview with Tweetie creator Loren Brichter | Software | Macworld

Photo

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:03:59 +0100

AWESOME promo for Birdhouse: A notepad for Twitter

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:10:40 +0100

AWESOME promo for Birdhouse: A notepad for Twitter

Issues is now available on the App Store.

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:33:08 +0100

Issues is now available on the App Store.

"On April 4, 2009 (a Saturday), we all post “I Love You” in our social media circles JUST..."

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:18:19 +0100

“On April 4, 2009 (a Saturday), we all post “I Love You” in our social media circles JUST ONCE to see if this innocuous little sentence can have a positive impact on people”

- I LOVE YOU

"You can also Google “Hotels in the Boondocks (or whatever city) area. Then start looking at..."

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:49:38 +0100

“You can also Google “Hotels in the Boondocks (or whatever city) area. Then start looking at websites. Look for key phrases. In the list of features “In room temperature control” should not be on the top. In fact, it shuld not BE there, if the place is at all decent. That, along with say, Sheets, ought to be a given.”

- FabulousLorraine.com : Booking Hotels

Photo

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:53:35 +0100

Standing Ovation (via Matt Southerden)

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:17:50 +0100

Standing Ovation (via Matt Southerden)

Michael Feathers: SoR09 Keynote (via fraserspeirs)

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:39:58 +0100

Michael Feathers: SoR09 Keynote (via fraserspeirs)