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20.05.19 That Was The Week That Was — 19th May 2019
A week of travel. Firstly Dusseldorf for Beyond Tellerrand for a few days then back for less than 24 hours before heading to Moscow for …
11.05.19 Permission to Write Stuff
One of my favourite ever pieces of tech was the original Flip camera. It came out at a time when the only way to shoot video was to dust …
28.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 28th April 2019
The week started out on a sad note when John Davey announced he was ending the Reasons festival which happens in Brighton each year. I …
27.04.19 Wire
Similar technique as before but makes things look more circuit like. #houdinifx #generative
24.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 21st April 2019
This week saw me travel to San Francisco for Smashing Conference. I couldn't let anyone know I was travelling there as I was the so called …
22.04.19 Memories of Flash on the Beach
I received news today that John Davey has decided to end the Reasons.to conferences which happened in Brighton (and London). It's sad to …
19.04.19 My Conference Code of Conduct
Many conferences now have a codes of conduct. So in this same spirit I thought I would write the code of conduct for ME that I can pass to …
15.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 14th April 2019
I've been continuing to work on Project X in TouchDesigner and after some feedback from my fellow collaborator I've got some more crafting …
10.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 7th April 2019
Whilst waiting in a car park I was checking Instagram when I saw that little red dot appear in the top right corner — the one that says you …
26.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th March 2019
Monday saw me travel to Manchester to give a little talk at PrintCity, based at MMU. It's been a while since I took the early morning train …
10.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 10th March 2019
Much of the week was spent finally getting round to doing a much needed update to Kennedy, my app for capturing the now. Since iOS 12 came …
08.03.19 You Are Not a Tool
When I first got a job in the world of design — as a web designer with northern web design company Subnet — my main role was doing things …
02.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 3rd March 2019
Monday I started in earnest on a title sequence for an upcoming conference — another project I'm creating in Houdini. It's based on the …
27.02.19 Seeking alternative rectangles
My career has largely been predicated by things emanating from glowing rectangles. Whilst I'm incredibly grateful for everything that …
24.02.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th February 2019
Monday saw me deliver work for a wonderful new client that will be rolled out during an event starting on the 4th March in California. The …
22.02.19 A Handy Command Line Script to Generate a Readme File for Project Delivery
When a project is completed I often have many files to deliver to the client. When I'm delivering these files I like to create folders for …
09.02.19 Marking Time with Yuji Agematsu
Marking Time with Yuji Agematsu As a fan of exploring discarded scraps off the cutting-room floor, I love the work born from found things …
30.01.19 The First Things I Install on a New Mac
Having recently put my trusty 2012 iMac out to pasture — a machine that has given me great service over the years — I had the task of …
08.01.19 Lovely collection of 3D scanned artworks
Lovely collection of 3D scanned artworks This is a nice collection of 3D scanned artworks, all free to use without restriction.
04.01.19 Le Corbusier's colour keyboards
Whilst I’m not a fan of everything Le Corbusier did — some work is just too brutal even for me — I’ve always loved his colour keyboards. …
03.01.19 Collection of Cassette Inlays
Nice collection of cassette inlay covers via Flickr. I think at some point back in the eighties I must have had all of these, usually …
02.01.19 A Visual Review of 2018
I posted this story on Instagram, mostly for myself to jog my memory of what I got up to workwise in 2018, and decided to post it here for …
02.01.19 Forming my talk for New Adventures
Scribbling, doodling and making marks that will eventually form my talk at New Adventures in Nottingham in a few weeks. My notes for a talk …
02.01.19 Marbled Endpapers from the Bank of North America
In the course of some research, chanced upon this nice Flickr collection of marbled endpapers taken from the Bank of North America.
01.01.19 Images from the 1906 book Polyhedra by Prof. Max Bruckner
A wonderful collection of images http://bulatov.org/polyhedra/bruckner1906/index.html detailing plates from this 1906 book of Polyhedra. …
19.12.18 I recently cleared my desk of unnecessary things, such as the pot of pens that …
These are: a jewellers magnifier — great for reading wherever small print maybe, an Olfa Magna touch knife — use this every day for opening …
28.11.18 Scrubbing the floors instead — why I no longer worry about keeping up with the …
I used to worry about keeping up with the state-of-the-art; I used to worry whether I knew enough about that latest technology that had …
28.11.18 My Altoids Tin for Travel Emergencies
Wherever I travel, this battered Altoids tin comes with me. Open it and you'll find various objects that can and have come in handy over …
27.11.18 My Battered Travel Emergency Altoids Tin
This is the Altoids tin that’s been travelling around the world with me for many years. Inside are things I’ve used, or other people have …
24.11.18 Fresh — app to show recently updated files — one of my most used apps
Fresh — app to show recently updated files — one of my most used apps Whenever I get a new Mac, Fresh is one of the first things I install. …