March 2009
50 posts
“Nothing we see or hear is perfect.
But right there in the imperfection
is...”
– Shunryu Suzuki
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“When you write code, your primary audience is the compiler. Yeah, I know, people...”
– Joel on Software
“What the hell is Deer Processing?”
– Jim
“The Proclaimers cover of Kings of leon sounds like the Chuckle Brothers...”
– Overheard at Brit bash
Hey! you don’t need to monitor everything with tweet fucking deck
Overnight success takes years →
tumblr party
tumblr party was great, I briefly said hello to marc, jacob, david and josh. What I didn’t say was thank you very fucking much for the free booze, it was much appreciated!
oh and nice pick with the dj, he even squeezed in a few of my suggestions.
“Oh they look like the guys out of Flight of the Conchods”
– We’re obviously not rocking the British look hard enough
off network
being in austin makes me think about the ‘scence’ we’ve got in birmingham, we have interesting social media people, decent agencies and plenty of intelligent people making and hacking stuff ,but it’s not really enough.
It’s still the same people that go to these things though, people who are on network and involved with the scene. That’s not a criticism of...
“I’ve got more chance of mounting a fucking poodle than a zip drive”
– Overherd at sxswi
in austin
finally here, almost been up 24 hours. Fight over from the uk was good, but we had some technical difficulties from dallas to austin, waiting for a spare part to arrive is not fun. I’m somewhere between tired and full of a combination of tea/coffee/coke
p.s. kung fu panda is the story of a panda who makes it as a kung fu master. Just like ratatouille is the story of a rat who makes it as a...
WatchIt’s shame I’m in SXSW and going to miss it, this years lineup looks great.
birmingham:
Flatpack Festival 09 trailer on Vimeo
pre sxsw
Just went to this little pre sxsw meetup with people from around Brum. It was cool to hear what everyone else was hoping to get out of it, made me think if I should be hoping for more than just learning about cool stuff, should I be aiming for a more tangeble outcome?
if you wait until the end to change you mind, it’s going to be late
“And I did. During my undergrad, I created Instiki, Rails, Basecamp, and got on...”
– There’s always time to launch your dream
“The way to make a program faster is to never let it get slower.”
– The WebKit Open Source Project - Performance
The 100 (61) Best Tracks of 2008 by pitchfork →
Pitchfork goodness in a Spotify playlist including, M83, Hot Chip, Wily, Annie and TV on the Radio. good stuff
WatchThe Destroyers tear up the Fazeley Studios launch.
I was there, somewhere in the crowd and only vaguely remember this : /
WatchThe Five Second Folio by This Studio
Just long enough to see all of the good stuff
my movie rules
I’ve wasted enough time watching crappy films in my life, so I decided to come up with a few rules to spare myself from boredom.
No American Presidents Yea, if it’s even got a sniff of the whitehouse I’m not watching it, Air Force One is the best example of this kind of pap, BORING.
No Ray Winstone Reason? This pretty much sums it up (jump to 0:45)
No Jude Law Because of...