Here’s something Cait wrote that I really like. It’s about Twitter, and it’s called Not like it was in the old days. Go and read it, then come back here. This being my blog, I’m going to just splurge a few things. Twitter – as it was created – was for keeping in touch with [...]
My Twitter account’s private. I have met pretty much everyone who’s following me. It’s mostly about my cat. If you’re interested in what I’m doing as part of my work, then please follow oh_sixtostart (“overheard at Six to Start”) for the irreverent stuff, and sixtostart for the more serious stuff. If I don’t know you, [...]
So I just saw Quantum of Solace, and I have to admit, the one thing that’s been bugging me is this: in the scant (few?) hour(s) that have elapsed since Casino Royale, MI6 has implemented a significant and wide-ranging software infrastructure upgrade. All of the terminals now sport a new UI (and perhaps a new [...]
We’re running Mac OS X Server 10.5 at work and I’d be lying if I said it had been a complete doddle to set up. Things that have been annoying so far: the simple configuration option is really, really simple; the advanced configuration option is really, really advanced; there is no middle ground between “simple” [...]
Cross-posted from the Six to Start blog: Sorry for the rather short notice on this one – Adrian and I will be speaking tonight (6pm to 8pm) at Yahoo! Brickhouse: We Told Stories: Dan and Adrian Hon (Six to Start) on ARGs & storytelling online . Learn about how leading alternate reality game studio Six [...]
“[x] is too expensive for us now that he’s internet famous. We just can’t afford the memes. We’ve run out of cats to caption and he’s taken all our buckets. They’re his buckets now.”
M gets to play with a multi-touch UI/Surface on Flickr – Photo Sharing! The trailer for Quantum of Solace has a second or so worth of M and co standing around a multi-touch table. I can’t believe I missed that the first time I watched it. I love movie user interfaces.
Right now, it takes a lot of effort for me to write something for this website. There’s quite a lot going on in my life: I’m running a successful startup, and this weekend I’m moving house. My delicious stream goes some way in getting out to the rest of the world what I’m interested in, [...]
Rough transcript of the RTS event ‘Going Round In Circles’ Royal Television Society – Early Evening Events 8 May 2008: ‘Going Round In Circles’ Why Is 360 Commissioning The Future of Television? Sponsored by DLA Piper Speakers Danny Cohen Controller, BBC Three Roger Graef OBE CEO, Films of Record Peter Cowley Managing Director of Digital [...]
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