October 2009
40 posts
Theatricalia →
“If you spend all your time programming, you will fail.”
– What Startups Are Really Like
“Bootstrapping puts you in the right mindset as an entrepreneur. You think of...”
– Making money takes practice like playing the piano takes practice - (37signals)
“I’ve been blaming students, here, for lacking the discipline to do term-length...”
– Capstone projects and time management - Joel on Software
Finally made it onto the jobplot blog. http://www.jobplot.co.uk/blog Validation at last! Would like to thank @josheridan, my mum, God etc…
“AllTeams will base a small team in the West Midlands for the duration of the...”
– Birmingham Post - Business - Business News - Creative industries - School sports results project SCORES with 4iP
“Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it...”
– Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
“People are afraid of tax accountants, iPods, chiropractors, non-profits,...”
– Seth’s Blog: Fear of apples
“The plain fact is users will not read anything you put on the screen.”
– Coding Horror: Treating User Myopia
“Yesterday, the new media team at the White House announced via the Associated...”
– Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal - O’Reilly Radar
New projector is really nice. Almost worth leaving the old one on the Bakerloo line for.
Didn’t really enjoy #bbcqt. Would have preferred the Beeb to snub the BNP by ignoring own invite ‘rules’. More effective than this circus.
“To be exact, it was easier for them to get a “box” from a managed hosting...”
– Blog Joyent | The “Cloud” is supposed to be better than the “Real”
“And interestingly, many of the most compelling usability test insights come not...”
– A List Apart: Articles: The Myth of Usability Testing
Not much elbow room on this train.
British Dance Edition 2010 →
British Dance Edition 2010 is a four day biennial showcasing the best UK dance artists and companies. It’s a curated programme of performances, events, presentations and debates, brought…
“Trinity Mirror (TM) has just announced a series of landmark changes at its...”
– Roy Greenslade: Massive shakeup at Trinity Mirror’s Midlands titles | Media | guardian.co.uk
“It remains unclear when the website, a key component in the council’s Customer...”
– Birmingham Post - News - Latest News - Website problems cost Birmingham City Council £6million
Would the Madies please stop xxxxing about with Google Wave and do some xxxxing work? kthxbai.
We liked this RT @peteashton Lovely example of fans using a venue’s comments section to arrange a meetup before a gig: http://bit.ly/3CckGP
Every conceivable autumn tone in evidence as we speed through the Chilterns. Pivitol pitch waiting at the other end.
“Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not...”
– Derek Powazek - Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
Dancing, drums, fireworks. What’s not to like at #bollysteps?
Aww… -> Great work by the team on http://www.meetbirmingham.com for Marketing Birmingham ! another Mademedia triumph ! (via @Dave_Hodgson)
Meet Our New Site →
We’ve just launched the Meet Birmingham website for the Birmingham Convention Bureau, part of Marketing Birmingham who promote the city as a conference venue for event planners, and can…
» the rules of digital engagement →
Looking forward to #bollysteps at Town Hall tonight. Practicing my dance steps: http://bit.ly/gVgKP Get down there you miserable brummies.
“In the user’s terms, it used to be that the window was the document. The...”
– Thomas Worrall’s Blog: Creator Codes and Modern File Browsing
“For a small publishing house to get three books long or short listed for the Man...”
– Birmingham Post - Life & Leisure - Post Features - Tapping into literary talent
“And this is what real technological inclusion is. It’s the confidence to move...”
– Why I Share Stuff - jon bounds
I like to get the public to do our QA for us. I just can’t get motivated unless every last bug or omission causes a minor public outcry.
There’s really is no such thing as a free lunch, but the in-house catering at MacFarlanes http://www.macfarlanes.com/ is very hard to beat.
“My two best ideas:
1. Farm the people with otaku. Get their email addresses....”
– Purple Cow by Seth Godin: Bonus Chapter 2
Back on the squash court after a lengthy paternity leave. Preparing to take a right good pasting.
Leaving leisure centre with burning trachea and kicked arse.
ETA is Now for ETO →
Today sees another new site launch after last weeks’ roll out of the new Tindal Street website. This time round it’s for English Touring Opera, who celebrate 30 years of prestigious…
“By kicking a ball in their back garden, on the pitch, in a pub car park or...”
– Birmingham Post - News - West Midlands News - Join the stars in the Birmingham 2018 World Cup bid video
“Whatever New Labour’s performance in other areas, the last 12 years have been a...”
– Birmingham Post - Blogs & Comment - Post Comment - Leader: Quality wins out in the arts - but support is still needed
“In this revival, directed by Iqbal Khan, the play lives up to its status as a...”
– Birmingham Post - Life & Leisure - Birmingham Culture - Stage - East is East at Birmingham Repertory Theatre