give or take

Just saw this ascii-movie pointed to by Piers in Euan‘s comments. It made my heart sing. The first piece of ascii art I ever saw was in the early 70s – a picture of Racquel Welch that my father and his colleagues had printed – dunno who did the ‘digitising’. I seem to remember it…

It’s funny because it’s true. I’m looking forward to seeing enraged Liverpudlians burning Radio Userland boxes and ageing copies of Wired Magazine outside the Cavern and beating their kids if they catch them reading Scripting News. I’m also looking forward to the day that Mr Winer makes a stand for world peace by staying all…

In local news, 11 people are right now inside the court buildings and about to be charged with conspiracy to murder in connection with an alleged plot to bomb transatlantic flights.  The Pimlico branch office here has been buzzed by helicopters all morning, so when I had a little slot in my schedule, I wandered…

Evelyn Rodriguez: p.s. I’m very serious when I say that 2007 will be the year that folks get that social media will be likened to a communal table rather than a printing press. That social media has more in common with barbershops, trading posts, village bazaars, coffeehouses, piazzas and plazas, eighteenth century Parisian salons, troubadours…

As well as the London Design Festival, of course it’s London Fashion Week – and Alison and Lisa are doing a smashing job as virgin bloggers over at Best Shot Productions It is, without doubt, and in all honesty, the best LFW blog I’ve ever seen. So good, that I doubt I need to look…

The Ideal Government Project says: “The UK is spending a lot of money and effort computerising government. Let’s get a clear idea what we want it to look like when it’s done. Dream a little, and help set out the wish list. Otherwise we might end up with something we did not want.” Louise helpfully…