Monthly Archives: July 2009

Thoughts after Telstar (the film)

23 July 2009 – 2:37 AM

Telstar is a British film about 1960s record producer Joe Meek.
It’s been in some cinemas here for around a month and despite some decent press, apparently it hasn’t “grossed” much at the box office, which is a pity. Why? Influential though he is, Joe Meek was a producer not a performer and hence not an [...]

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Smells Like “Free”

14 July 2009 – 8:13 PM

Like you, I’m a sucker for those books which identify an emerging area of economics or sociology and boil it down to some zeitgeisty theory.
Most of us would like to say we can pinpoint the exact trends affecting society, business and bookshelves alike for the next three to six years. Somewhere within my own bookmarks, [...]

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Do you care about Wales? Can you code? Fancy helping TheyWorkForYou then?

3 July 2009 – 3:06 AM

Below is some full background to this, but in summary TheyWorkForYou are looking for volunteer coders interested in working on Welsh Assembly data. If that’s you, please join the new discussion list and let’s figure out how to do it.
If you don’t know TheyWorkForYou then take some time to familiarise yourself. It’s a well established [...]

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Reaching for a better email tomorrow (my white inbox resolution six months in)

1 July 2009 – 11:48 PM

Happy new half-year!
Back in January I made a resolution to leave my inbox empty every night. I have partially succeeded. It’s forcing me to make those little decisions. It’s a lot more manageable. Hooray!
At times I’ve let it slip. But there’s no use feeling any guilt over it. Guilt won’t motivate me, it won’t fix [...]

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