Plazes has added support for Fire Eagle!- April 21, 2008 And this blog post explains all the value that they're getting out of being involved. Very excited to have them with us!http://blog.plazes.com/?p=220 There's a fun argument in progress over at 37 signals about whether urgency and long working hours are ever a good thing.- April 16, 2008 People always generalise from their own experience. You get several incredibly bright, diligent self-starting friends in a room andshockthey're naturally productive and find their own equilibrium.http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/966-urgency-is-poisonous Jeremy Paxman's position on 'User Generated Content' should now be clear- April 16, 2008 And truth be told, he's right. The last few years have seen a decent number of fairly feeble attempts to harness the wisdom of the crowds that do indeed end up schlocky and amateurish. People will get better at it in time.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVaZwJn-ZcM Who's in the frame for Highfield's job at the BBC- April 15, 2008 A good list of some of the prime candidates for the job. My favourites would be Tony Ageh and Simon Nelson, both of whom I've been honoured to work with and who I have significant respect for.http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-bbc-candidates-whos-in-the-frame-for-highfields-top... Best picture on the Internets secretly plays out the epic battles of large multi-national web companies...- April 15, 2008 The lightning represents innovation.http://brandonbird.com/highsea.html Metacritic reviews The Sarah Jane Adventures- April 15, 2008 Seriously, it's worth sticking with. A few of the later episodes are are better than many of the Doctor Whos of the last couple of seasons. You know, for kids. Also occasionally K9!http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/sarahjaneadventures Dan Hill's written his thoughts on the design process and success of the Monocle website- April 15, 2008 In the end, I think I'm most fascinated by this piece because of all the things I wouldn't have done and the decisions I don't really understand. Gripping combination of mental exfoliant and moisturiser.http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2008/04/monocle-design.html The Breeders' Mountain Battles as seen by Metacritic- April 15, 2008 It's a good album. There are a few songs that have stuck with me, which in my album-less digestathon of iPod smart playlists and ratings is my indicator that it's a great record.http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/breeders/mountainbattles Twinkle is an iPhone app that allows you to geocode Twitter messages (although the geo stuff can only be used in Twinkle)- April 15, 2008 I know I've been going on a bit recently, but this is precisely the problem we've been trying to fix. What you want to do is capture someone's location in one place and use it everywhere.http://gizmodo.com/378361/twinkle-the-iphone-twitter-client-adds-location-features I've got a bit of a lust on for the DC18 Dyson Slim All Floors Vacuum Cleaner- April 15, 2008 What can I say. It looks gorgeous. It's full of future technology stuff. I have to kit out my apartment from scratch. I will probably not buy it. I'll probably have spent the money on something else ridiculous.http://www.dyson.com/store/product.asp?product=DC18-ALLFLOORS |