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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 …
17.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 17th March 2019
There seemed to be a big German theme this week. I had an email from an agency in Germany asking if I would be available to speak at an …
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 …
01.03.19 Hail to the g
The more I dig into Vim the more I discover the power of the most simple commands and key combinations. One of those is the use of the g …
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 …
22.02.19 The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops Love this piece by Oliver Sacks about his fears for the future.
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 …
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. …
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 …
27.12.18 Bruce Sterling — How to be Futuristic
Bruce Sterling — How to be Futuristic Love this insightful, humorous talk at the bar of The Long Now from Bruce Sterling.
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 …
13.12.18 Reversing Selected Lines in Vim
This was something I needed to do recently, having listed some events on my site but then later realising they were in the reverse order of …
09.12.18 Using Transferwise Borderless Accounts To Save Money When Getting Paid by …
Probably like you, my clients are spread across the globe. Even though home is a Victorian seaside town in the North of England, the beauty …
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 …
27.11.18 A sound-led dive into deep time and ‘the long now'
A sound-led dive into deep time and ‘the long now' Beautifully made radio program from the BBC about deep time and the long now.
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. …
20.11.18 Using Vimwiki as a simple, synced, note taking system
For many years I've been using Evernote to store notes, code snippets, found things from the web and a whole lot of other stuff. I like it, …
18.11.18 Exporting Hires Transparent Bitmaps from Processing
One of the many things I love about Processing, especially within the commercial work I do, is its ability to export high resolution images …
30.09.18 Radio 4 Data Stream Day
Radio 4 Data Stream Day Radio 4 takes the entire output of one day’s broadcast and turns it into art. I was very honoured to be asked by …
13.09.18 The visible hand within the work
I love this meringue I bought in a local bakery. I love it because, well, I love meringue, but also because by looking at its form I can …