personal
Planning and failing
I enjoyed Lloyd Davis’s post Stick your five-year plan, in which he argues the futility of long-term planning when it comes to one’s own life. I think in some respects he’s absolutely right. While it’s useful to have some structure, some framework to life, anything beyond a couple of years is likely to be wildly [...]
SXSW 2009 - vote for me!
The South By Southwest session picker has just gone online and I’m not too proud to shamelessly solicit votes for my session:
Divorce / Retry / Fail: Keeping Users Infatuated
We know all about lust. Our websites pose, preen and seduce, and it works – those users just can’t keep their hands off our bits. But, as [...]
Vive la FIP
At last I have broadband. Too many stories to relate, but there’s one I’d particularly like to share.
While setting up my bedroom basics (alarm clock, airbed - thankfully now usurped by a real bed) I chanced upon a French radio station playing some very listenable French hip-hop. I stuck with it, and over the next [...]
First day at Clearleft
So yes, it’s official, the new job is with the lovely Clearleft.
Double or quits
I’m facing a pleasant dilemma. I’m off to All Tomorrow’s Parties next weekend, and it’s without a doubt the finest lineup they’ve ever had. Unfortunately it clashes with the Cup final, which I never in a million years dreamed would matter to me. So while I wait for ticket news, I’ve plotted an elaborate transport [...]
Learning to cook
As with most people, when I get busy, blogging suffers. Instead, I’m unwinding by learning to cook. It’s been a long journey, levelling up on the slopes of Mt. Noob and now reaching the stages where I’m at least mildly competent.
Lessons learnt thus far: the sheer ubiquity of onions and garlic. What happens if you [...]
The FA Cup
Sunday’s FA Cup semi being Cardiff’s biggest game for 81 years, it’s also the biggest game I’ll have been to - and it’s dominating my thoughts right now, even though there are a dozen strange and wonderful things going on around me. It’ll also give me a chance to exercise my architectural fetishism re: stadiums [...]
New pastures
Well, it’s out in the open now, so I should quickly share it here too - I’m leaving uSwitch early next month. I’ve learnt a great deal working there; it’s just that the company is going through a bit of a reshuffle and it strikes me as an appropriate time to move on to some [...]
Metaphors
Having one of those jobs that defies snappy explanation, I spend a while explaining it to others. I came up with this one a few months ago, and so far it seems to be holding up.
Formula 1 teams spend millions on tyres. The tyre companies themselves spend millions more. Their extensive R&D programmes pour money [...]
Two new songs
Well, they’re not exactly new, but I’ve only recently got round to mixing and uploading them. That’s all the culture I can muster for a while; enjoy.
- Cennydd Bowles - My Lady Of The Sea [AAC, 4.3MB]
- Cennydd Bowles - Ursa Major [AAC, 3.1MB] - many thanks to Sélène for backing vocals
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