February 2012
3 posts
“I go out into the world and I see people using MacBooks and Gmail and Amazon.com...”
– Windows 8 Failure Could Set Off Tech Industry Chain Reaction
“Last November I visited Australia and the arts community was buzzing with talk...”
– Australian cultural policy: a model for the UK | Culture professionals network | Guardian Professional
36 Hours in Birmingham, England - Slide Show -... →
Saving this for later
January 2012
5 posts
“From the windows of Urban Coffee you’ll see several of the hundreds of jewelers...”
– 36 Hours - Birmingham, England - NYTimes.com Did someone from the New York Times actually spend 36 hours here? I have my doubts, but I don’t mind. Nice writeup.
“Those who don’t have much free time often desire to conserve it, so rather than...”
– The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast | TechCrunch
Via @artsfeed
“So what Google asks is not a brain teaser, not a math test, but a programming...”
– Why we don’t hire programmers based on puzzles, API quizzes, math riddles, or other parlor tricks - (37signals)
I’m picking out a comment here, that is at odds with the article, but inline with my personal experience. A majority of web developers out there can’t actually program....
Independent Skin Cancer Screening | The Mole... →
“As the years went by she honoured this agreement although in time it wasn’t...”
– Parental tech support resumes | I Am Pete Ashton
December 2011
15 posts
No collateral damage on @MadeHQ’s Christmas party this year. Very tame. Christmas starts here.
Merry Christmas →
And so 2011 draws to close. We’re closing our doors today and will be back in full force with more devastating puns from Tuesday 3 January (with a skeleton crew in London from 28-30…
RT @AndrewLowther: Worlds shortest day? Really? Could’ve fooled us.
“In 2010, Birmingham was due to become a leading digital city. I’ve no reason to...”
– Created in Birmingham - arts, culture and creativity
“The married couple told how they once trashed the tour bus of rock band Status...”
– The Krankies: ‘We used to be swingers’ - Telegraph
RT @GuardianJoanna: Desperately sad to see @paulmdale’s last Iron Angle for @birminghampost: http://t.co/bmgdTrZ1
“Ten years later, sadly, Birmingham continues to punch below its weight. The...”
– Iron Angle: A farewell to arms - the final Iron Angle column - Iron Angle - Birmingham Columnists - Blogs & Comment - Birmingham Post
“It’s a lot harder watching Wigan than it is dealing with melanoma. With melanoma...”
– Dave Hodgson: You plan for your future but you don’t know what your future is - Post Features - Life & Leisure - Birmingham Post
Coffee machine installed in Islington office. Feels like home.
Warwick Arts Centre: a case study →
We’ve worked with Warwick Arts Centre since 2009 when we were asked to relaunch their main website. In the time since, we’ve worked with their marketing team to provide the digital means to make…
Town Hall & Symphony Hall →
We’re very pleased to announce an upgraded website for Town Hall & Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
We’ve enjoyed a good relationship with the team at THSH for some time, having built (but…
RT @trovster: Using Drupal. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!
The Stake →
Over the past few months we’ve been developing the website and branding for a fantastic project for youth engagement agency, Livity. It’s been commissioned by Channel 4 Education.
RT @GarethAveyard: Imagine if all the discarded Movember moustaches are in the sewer now, combining into one GIANT OMNI-DEATHSTACHE, and …
RT @BDE2012: The @BDE2012 official media partner @LondonDance have launched their new website. FRESH! Check it out http://t.co/yEpAzvbB
November 2011
26 posts
Birmingham Rep →
Last week we relaunched the website for Birmingham Rep.
We were responsible for the previous version of their site which, going by the number of others that were clearly influenced…
In other shopping news I got some really great floorboard draft proofing today. #draftproofing
RT @glyndebourne: We are thrilled to announce that Gareth goes to Glyndebourne won the 2011 International Emmy Award for Arts programmin …
So now Anna is discharged from the Children’s Hospital, and readmitted to Birmingham Women’s Hospital. For no discernible reason. Fed up.
RT @MadeHQ: G’wan @carltimms! Great rendition of White Wedding #tukuc2011
Jana discharged (yay!) Anna admitted to children’s hospital (boo!) Not panicking, Ella presented same symptoms at 3 days. Waiting for bed.
Sheffield Theatres →
We’re on a run of new site launches at the moment, the latest being for Sheffield Theatres.
The Sheffield Theatres complex is the largest theatre complex outside of London. The…
Anna Grimley born 15.11.11 at 19:57. 3.2kg. Full compliment of fingers and toes. Bit of a moaner to be honest.
RT @LivityUK: Know any 16-24 yr olds who have an idea on how to spend £100,000? Then direct them to http://t.co/QYWNT1kD with #C4 and #B …
RT @iainclaridge: RT @laurenme0w Today is 11/11/11, not 11/11/11. Bloody Americans.
RT @lornaparsons: Is it too much to ask that the little calculator-type things that banks issue for online security actually function as …
Twisted genius from @selfctrl. ‘My kids get chubby before they get taller’. This is what is happening to @madehq.
AngelShares →
We’re very proud to launch the website for AngelShares.
To explain the idea:
AngelShares is a new way in which you, as an individual, can help to fund exciting new arts and…
“Lastly, tendering for government business is a pain for businesses. We have to...”
– SMEs – we need to talk | Government Digital Service
Flags are not languages | A blog about designing... →
Via codehesive.com
To be clear, today’s announcement signals the end of Flash as a mainstream web technology. Not just on mobile. Mobile is where the growth is
“Good TV programming is relatively expensive and difficult to make. The...”
– Everyone wants to be on TV - AMA Commons
Well @uninorthants have pissed me off today. I suspect their Masters in Computing of being somewhat less than rigorous.
RT @AndrewLowther: Look at these fools http://t.co/gfvqLieF
RT @carltimms: Why has no-one created an actual flush chain to dangle by a developer’s desk when cache flushing?
… When I do have time to go back and look, interwebs are inevitably bust again… So they just sit there, teasing me. For months…
Good stuff @KristyMoon. Hated those BT ads though.
“High school and college students may be “digital natives,” but they’re wretched...”
– Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine
RT @edmoore: “Consider the environment before printing this email!” In green. And inevitably causes any printout to spill over two pages.
Wish I could show GarageBand on iPhone to my seventeen-year-old self.
Problem with Movember is it makes it much harder to spot tragic hipsters… http://t.co/RYRVjI6t
October 2011
26 posts
But not as good as My Bloody Valentine #bbc4