Dan W, Web App + Mobile Developer in London

“Every setback has a huge silver lining” – Andrew Ritchie of Brompton on slow invention, design and manufacture in the UK

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:21:07 +0100

“Every setback has a huge silver lining” – Andrew Ritchie of Brompton on slow invention, design and manufacture in the UK

Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:05 +0100

Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

Lanyrd, conference directory

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:09:43 +0100

Lanyrd, conference directory

Interactive audio novel from Hurts - Spotify

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:52:42 +0100

Interactive audio novel from Hurts - Spotify

Chrome Experiments - Arcade Fire

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:52:36 +0100

Chrome Experiments - Arcade Fire

"The After Parties at all web conferences suffer from the same problems, a small and crowded venue,..."

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:40:20 +0100

“The After Parties at all web conferences suffer from the same problems, a small and crowded venue, too dark and always with music that is way too loud. It’s been an inherent problem for me across the board, FOWD, dConstruct, Build & now DIBI. I love a party as much as the next person but after a super successful event I want to then be able to talk with people and not have to yell in their ears.”

- Sam Brown ~ DIBI Conference - My experience graph

"We’ve spent countless hours with journalists who have contacted us only to hear later that making..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:58:05 +0100

“We’ve spent countless hours with journalists who have contacted us only to hear later that making good products that people want and charging a fair price is too “boring” for their editor.”

- “The VC-free startup”

"It transpired that we had perhaps tried to be too clever for our own good and the door computer had..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:08:31 +0100

“It transpired that we had perhaps tried to be too clever for our own good and the door computer had crashed some time in the night, preventing all of us from getting in. After about 30 minutes, some IRCing, unsuccessful nmapping and leaving of voicemails, Mark popped up on IRC and kindly rushed over to let us in with a real metal key.”

- London Hackspace’s “Arduino For Beginners” Workshop

"Bob’s presentation is available on his github."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:07:28 +0100

“Bob’s presentation is available on his github.”

- London Hackspace’s “Arduino For Beginners” Workshop

"Sky’s marketing budget is larger than the entire programme budget of ITV1."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:45:45 +0100

“Sky’s marketing budget is larger than the entire programme budget of ITV1.”

- Mark Thompson, BBC Director-General, during the MacTaggart lecture (transcript at The Guardian) (via blech)

"Over 90% of UK households already have digital television today, more than 70% already have..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:45:32 +0100

“Over 90% of UK households already have digital television today, more than 70% already have broadband. In other words, they’re already living in a digital Britain yet their support for the licence fee is higher than it was in analogue households twenty-five years ago. The purists have spent a generation making the free-market case for abolishing the licence fee and the British public agrees with them less now than they did when they started.”

- More from BBC D-G Mark Thompson’s MacTaggart lecture (transcript at The Guardian) (via blech)

russell davies: no interesting 2010

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:40:37 +0100

russell davies: no interesting 2010:

"The other problem is celestial motion, with planets rotating. We haven’t figured out how to..."

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:57:25 +0100

“The other problem is celestial motion, with planets rotating. We haven’t figured out how to stop that”

- Tracking the signal of emerging technologies - O’Reilly Radar

"Predictive policing is rooted in the notion that it is possible, through sophisticated computer..."

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:50:11 +0100

“Predictive policing is rooted in the notion that it is possible, through sophisticated computer analysis of information about previous crimes, to predict where and when crimes will occur”

- Stopping crime before it starts

"One of the things we really wanted to do, way back, was rent a space and invite a variety of..."

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:49:08 +0100

“One of the things we really wanted to do, way back, was rent a space and invite a variety of imaginative and pleasant people to share it. I think doing that makes good things happen. We’re not all making things together yet. We chat a bit around the kettle but there’s not as much mingling as I’d hoped. You can’t force that though, it’ll come. Perhaps.”

- russell davies: what is BRIG?

"Demos are how you win"

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:33:42 +0100

“Demos are how you win”

- Experiments with audio, conclusion

Angus Trumble, Italy, Language and Umbrellas

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:35:37 +0100

Angus Trumble, Italy, Language and Umbrellas

Hyperlocal Manufacturing Unit Fits In A Shipping Container

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:18:44 +0100

Hyperlocal Manufacturing Unit Fits In A Shipping Container

Open source Breathalyzer? There’s a shield for that

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:48:51 +0100

Open source Breathalyzer? There’s a shield for that

"the RFID chip that contains biometric data about the carrier has been moved to the inside of the..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:46:40 +0100

“the RFID chip that contains biometric data about the carrier has been moved to the inside of the passport cover, where it won’t be visible. This change means that it’s better physically protected, as well as more difficult to swap out without noticeable damage to the cover.”

- New design for UK passports revealed